richcornucopia Posted March 22, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 I was looking at newegg at wireless routers as I want to get one that supports ddwrt firmware and noticed two new ones a hadn't seen before. One is an asus and the other netgear, both with 3 antennas, and both claiming 240Mbps. Is this a new standard, or just another super g attempt? Has anybody had experience with these routers? Heres the link http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2050410145+1132820429&Subcategory=145&description=&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted March 22, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Man I came here thinking I was going to read about a 240Mbps. wireless connection. Bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gc Posted March 22, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Man I came here thinking I was going to read about a 240Mbps. wireless connection. Bummer. yeah he got my hopes up too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted March 22, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 that netgear router is really good. if anyone is thinking of getting it don't wait, just get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted March 22, 2006 Author CID Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 I just wish the netgear had gigabit lan ports, seems a bit pricey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted March 22, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 The extra antennae support MIMO (multiple in/multiple out), simply better range. 240Mbps, simply is another SuperG type (don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAINMAKA Posted March 22, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 dlewis do you have that router? or just a fan of netgear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted March 22, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 I just wish the netgear had gigabit lan ports, seems a bit pricey. gigabit lan ports would be a nice extra. but we use that router in my offce, and when im out in the shop on my laptop i get a very consistantant 10-20mbps and im about 550 feet away from the router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted March 22, 2006 Author CID Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 If I had 2 regular 802.11 g clients and one with the 240 super g card, would the super g be able to get the full 240 with the other regular g's on the network at the same time, or would it revert back to 54? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted March 22, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 If I had 2 regular 802.11 g clients and one with the 240 super g card, would the super g be able to get the full 240 with the other regular g's on the network at the same time, or would it revert back to 54? no you would only get 54mbps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted March 22, 2006 Author CID Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 So if I had all 240 cards would it show up as 240 in the network connection, or is the 240 just a theoretical speed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted March 22, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 just theoretical speed... you might see 120's - 130's... but like dlewis said.. have to buy the cards from netgear.. and if you put a standard g computer on there you are going to drop down to the good old 54mbps.. The highest I have seen on a 54g router is about 33ish.. I would wait til 802.11n is ready.. 500+mbps is what the spec is approved for.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted March 22, 2006 Author CID Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Whens the real 802.11n coming out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted March 22, 2006 CID Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 the spec was approved last year.. I would guess around christmas maybe.. right now there is pre-n gear out but that is not even close to what 802.11n is going to be like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted March 25, 2006 Author CID Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 gigabit lan ports would be a nice extra. but we use that router in my offce, and when im out in the shop on my laptop i get a very consistantant 10-20Mbps and im about 550 feet away from the router. Wait, by 10-20 do you mean like 80 to 160? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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