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- digitalgopher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11true, but there's a lot of people that have home LANs and share media back and forth between devices. I for one have been struggling to be able to wirelessly stream DVDs and my HD content that I've got on my media server to my htpc that's hooked up to my tv. it's tough to do something like this over my internal 54mbps connections. so a 300 mbps connection to my home devices would be really nice.
but on the other hand i also agree with your point that ISPs need to get their act together. - p9s50W5k4GUD2c6, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9The wireless envelope continues to expand.
"300 Mbps in "40 MHz Channel Mode" and up to 150 Mbps in "20 MHz Channel Mode"
Key words: "up to"
Reality: slightly better than the best of the current pre-N MIMO offerings.
Suggestion: wait for the comparison bench tests. - pcgeek101, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9You know guys ... internal networking equipment can get faster and faster, but until America's ISPs wise up and start offering 100Mbit service, it's all going to be useless.
@digitalgopher: yeah, I knew someone would say something to that effect, and you're quite right, but yes my main point is that our ISPs here in America suck. - ArchonMagnus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3802.11n has a "theoretical" throughput of 540Mbps, correct? I wonder if, when standardized, the speeds will be closer to the limit. Can you image this coupled with the research software that shares bandwidth between two wi-fi routers from a previous digg story?
- entropystool, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yah I made that mistake, I didn't have much luck at all with the DLink router and card. So I'm waiting on the rest of them. Give me a nice wifi roundup and then I'll go shopping again.
- tweakt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2While native 720p as broadcasted is around 9-10 Mbps, you could easily stream it as h264 or wmv9 in HD over a 9 Mbps connection.
- digitalgopher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ BHTeam - you're telling me that you can stream 1080 HD content over a 9 mbps wireless connection? good luck.
- DoctorWhohaa, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6300 Mbit? Anyone want to set up a second Internet?
- Rickler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Netgear already has a 300mbps 802.11n router available... http://netgear.com/products/details/WNR854T.php
You shouldn't be buying these tho as the 802.11n specs are even finished. - aggies11, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Anyone know if N and G/B can "play nice together"?
I want to get a WRT54GL to start doing good traffic shaping/prioritizing (my family has just found the wonderfull world of P2P and are hammering the bandwidth)
But for moving files between the various computers, even 54G is painfully slow. N sounds great, but I wouldn't want to give up the trafficshapping/good QoS that you can mod into the Linksys.
So would the two conflict with each other?
Thanks,
Aggies - entropystool, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Its all about being able to stream content within your house. I personally can't wait until my wireless can keep up with a HDTV stream. G just doesn't cut it though it almost allows me to stream DVD's.
- pabster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Early reports show some problems with 'legacy' clients. Although many report 'N' adapters working well with 'G' access points.
300Mbps ... baloney. Then again, even if it is only 100Mbps, that is 4X faster than the average 'G' throughput now. - adamkmccarthy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1when should we be seeing this stuff on the market? - btw, here in good 'ol ireland, you're not getting anywhere near 11mb!!! ive got a sh*t satellite connection that gives me less than 1mb. 3mb is the tops for dsl anywhere in the country, for those who can get it.
- milkfilk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Linksys has theirs out too. Another digg story from yesterday. 4x the range, 216mbit/sec (advertised).
- rbochan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3This Belkin?
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/07/1740205&mode=nocomment - zirtbow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Even if you get half that from a good distance away this should still put a Google/Amazon/Ebay Internet leaps and bounds ahead of AT&T.
- wastern, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1thats all well and good, except for the fact that everyone has 802.11g cards in their laptops...its only going to go as fast as your slowest piece of hardware
- parth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i could get a gigabit 2 years ago (wired). And unlike wifi, wired actually and reliably approachess that speed.
- diggMacs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've bought both the Belkin Pre-N and Netgear 802.11n routers (most current white one with 3 antennae). The Belkin one is excellent, especially with streaming media over the air. The Netgear, which was released more recently, stuttered every few seconds on video playback even after I tried everything to tweak the settings, so last night I switched it back out for the Belkin which streams half-res HDTV to an 802.11G client without stuttering. I might even spring for the newer one, just because I like the current one so much. I'm really suprised it works so much better than the Netgear (it also has a nice MAC filtering options [deny these addresses] which is missing on the Netgear).
- Halvy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The point is that this is one of the final hurdles for EVERYONE becoming their own ISP, DNS, servers-- so we can FINALLY put an end to the crimes that the current larger Isp's are committing.
- drizek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1they have wifi cards with them as well. Also, this would extend the range a LOT, which means you will still be getting G speeds a few hundred feet away.
- colin7151, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1also, lets remember kids this is wifi so that big pretty 300 number is shared.
- scmiles, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2PCScreamer14: Your an asshat, wake up and smell the 21 century.
- gronne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's an interesting thought.
- DarrylB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Anyone know when Pre-N is most likely going to be released? Im not asking for an exact date, but i.e. next 3 months? Is there a way to see the status of Pre-N?
Id like to buy it for my apartment, as my roommates and I use A linksys wireless-G ap and in certain areas our signal strength isnt as good as we need it to be.. (i.e. I get 1mbit with good signal in my room). We dont want cables, and I think these N Acess Points are going to probably handle everything we need.... - PabloIV, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, I'll second that, I've never seen a single WiFi apparatus work at the "Up-To" levels specified in the box. Though even at half 300 mbps it's a huge improvement over G or any of its "improved" versions.
- krindor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0That's a good product and all, but if most people's home interenet connection is 11mb then what the hell is the point. It'll be good for large file transfer within a LAN but most people use wireless routers to just surf the internet on their couch.
- screamer14, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I don't buy into the whole wireless crap. Sure it works for surfing the web but falls short for delivering real throughput. You are much better off using Cat-5 or Cat-6. If your house doesn't have Cat-5 or Cat-6 try this product, www.coaxsys.com. Allows you to use your coax while still having cable TV.
- BHTeam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0@letthereberaw
:) 8) you have a point there. - BHTeam, on 10/12/2007, -7/+0man, you want 100Mbps and for what? i got 9Mbits connection at home and its fast enought.
I can't imagen what for are you asking for 100Mbps.
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