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post #21 of 31
11/6/04 at 1:31am
I have a D-link and the throughput is far better than a belkin. The D-link setup is very user-friendly, yet includes advanced features.
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post #22 of 31
11/6/04 at 1:39am
I'd go Linksys, I took one apart, and the chip sets are much better engineered then the Netgear series under the electron microscope, so my best bet is Linksys with SpeedBoost, but their normal G is great also. My buddy has one for his Lappie, and it is great. Can go through like 9 dorm rooms, to 100feet outside in the sitting area on campus, so it works great, and signal strength is still good at that point. The building is brick, with high amounts or iron, so it penetrates through metal and metalloids nicely, with great frequency. Hmm, maybe I should test the frequency of Netgear vs. Linksys throught the Dorm. Andy has a Netgear, and Ronnie has the Linksys with Speedboost. Both I'll test at normal 56MBPS settings at same point with same Alienware Area51m lappy, and then measure using reciever of net frequencies. THis should be interested. I'll post tomorrow the full results of the test, till then, cya.
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post #23 of 31
11/6/04 at 5:47pm
I just bought the cheapest named brand one that I could find. It ended up being Microsoft, which was on sale for $30 cheaper than any other. I've had it for a little over a year now and have not had a problem. I have the MN-500 router, MN-520 PCMCIA Wireless and MN-710 USB2 Wireless, all in all I've found the MS wireless products can be found for about $20-30 cheaper per product. I've save about $100 on the 3 I have and have no problems. Windows XP SP2 laptop, and Windows 98 SE desktop.
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post #24 of 31
11/6/04 at 9:34pm
Ok, Linksys performed a bit better through all the walls.
HERE IS THE DATA I COLLECTED:

Linksys: 1854.53345 MHz band @point on bench
Netgear: 1730.98533 MHz band @point on bench

BOTH ROUTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO RUN AT 2.4GHz bandwidth according to both companies at optimal performance. What concerned me about the Netgear is that it was also emmiting a low yield magnetic flux, and that flux's density field was .000075 Teslas!! That is very high for a router, but in basic terms, that magnetic field causes interference, etc by not allowing signals to penetrate it. I don't know, but I would stay clear of NetGear...

SEE BELOW FOR A LAYMANS EXPLANATION UPON REQUEST OF SOMEONE:
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post #25 of 31
11/7/04 at 1:17am
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Originally Posted by The CPU MASTER
Ok, Linksys performed a bit better through all the walls.
HERE IS THE DATA I COLLECTED:

Linksys: 1854.53345 MHz band @point on bench
Netgear: 1730.98533 MHz band @point on bench

BOTH ROUTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO RUN AT 2.4GHz bandwidth according to both companies at optimal performance. What concerned me about the Netgear is that it was also emmiting a low yield magnetic flux, and that flux's density field was .000035 Teslas!! That is very high for a router, but in basic terms, that magnetic field causes interference, etc by not allowing signals to penetrate it. I don't know, but I would stay clear of NetGear...
You really like physics and chemistry (new liquid cooling type). I am a great enemy of electromagnetic emissions (probably nobody here knows what TCO is), but I don't know what this tesla talking is about. The only place I've read this word was on Return to Castle Wolfstein I only understand about gauss limits because I'm very concerned about health exposure and illnesses derived from exposure to radiation devices (a.k.a. cell phones...).

Would you care to elaborate?
Thank you.
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post #26 of 31
11/7/04 at 1:29am
Ok, NP. A tesla is the unit to measure magnetic field density and strength. It is the metric equivelent of a magneto. The field strenth of the Earth's magnetic field is about .000491829 teslas, or so. This field was stronger than that, which means it has a magnetism rating that could effect tranmissions and data recieval. If the magnetic flux was to large, it could create the same energy as an elctromagnet, but this is nothing near that. It is small, but won't cause any bodily harm at all, and isn't really enough to effect much at all. That is about it. LOL, I try not to be to complicated, sry if I came across like a big nerd, but that is what I am, and proud to be one.
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post #27 of 31
11/7/04 at 2:33am
Nah, there is a huge difference between beeing nerd and beeing smart (at least my conception of nerd, which is someone boring that think everyone ). I become really intrigued when someone knows the technical details about something, and I really admire that. Probably it's the same way when someone ask me and I talk about astronomy to my friends at my college classroom (I study something that has nothing to do with it). I know that they understand only the basics, if that much.

Ignorance is not a bliss...

edit: ah, by the way, my router is the WRT54g
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post #28 of 31
11/7/04 at 11:10am
Will my Q-Link Necklace protect against this?
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post #29 of 31
11/7/04 at 11:54am
dlink sucks!
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post #30 of 31
11/7/04 at 11:28pm
I have a buffalo 802.11b router. It's got good range, it covers my entire apartment (which isnt really that big, but lots of walls) It's pretty much always on the strongest signal so i would recon it can cover a much larger area. I never lose connection, nice, reliable, easy to setup, but kinda slow when transferring data. Something like 1-2mb/s over wireless within the network.
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post #31 of 31
11/13/04 at 3:25pm
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Originally Posted by littleman
stpong, from my experience I don't think it was the Linksys router that drop you on and off. I had the same problem with my Linksys w/ speedbooster but it was resolved when I updated my Intel ProSet II driver of my Desktop computer. So, it was something that had to do within the windows and not the router. Now my Desktop and Laptop computers are communicating with each other very well.

we had the same problem with a non-wireless linksys router at work--had to keep unplugging it. turned out to be a driver issue as well, and have had no problems since.........
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