In that case I would get a directional antenna for a desktop adapter.
If I need a router, I just wait for Fry's to put their house brand Airlink crap on sale. Their interfaces can be quirky, but the stuff has worked as well as anything you could expect when you pay $20-30 for a Super-G or N router.
I just checked. Fry's has this one on sale for $15 if you or someone you know is near one of their stores:
http://shop4.frys.com/product/520894...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG
You'll need the matching adapters to get the full throughput, but it will work regularly with any g adapter.
I have both, Dynex in the dinning room, Netgear in the living room it's like apples and oranges. The Dynex keeps losing the signal and live streams or shows like CSI come in choppy. But it's still better than some of the others I would say if you can't do linkys or netgear then that would be my 3rd choice.
But the netgear gets many more signals and they come in smooth. I also noticed when i take the USB adapter off the 3 ft cord i use it's very hot. But the Dyanex is cooled or barely warm. So i think it's safe to say the hot one is really bringing in some good mbs just as a good 2.6 ghz processor gets hotter than a 223 mhz processor.
Also the neatgear software gives you a cool interface that allows many more options on different signals the security and controls of upload and download speeds. It even makes a chiming sound when it connects to the server so if you lost the signal and was in the kitchen you would know your back online and you can go check your downloads to see if the interruption caused a failure.
here are a few screen shots from today.............
it's probably not much of a factor for most people either, but N's range is quite a bit further than g - i would say about 20-30 yards further out depending on interference. Helps reach quite a bit further out into my yard
Once again, this only works if the laptop/computer you are using has a wireless card installed that is capable of N-band reception. While most of the cards being installed into Macs and PCs these days do, that's only been the case for about a year or so unless you've upgraded.
The majority of machines still out there are only capable of G-reception, but I know a lot of people spend the extra money on the N-router thinking they are getting the bee's knees when they are really only pulling G speeds and range.
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yeah I didnt have a gaming router that was compat. with the 360....I had my router since my ps2 days but once I saw that xbox had a list I went with the linksys...
mouse I had no idea you could even spell wireless....good
Jobless, Homeless, it's my specialty!mouse I had no idea you could even spell wireless....good
Funny you say that. I just bought one for $14.99 from Fry's. I didn't think I needed a better one for now. It's Xmas season, and I just dumped allot of money wiring my place for CAT 6, but decided to use wireless too.
Thing is, the more expensive ones likely have a better processing speed. I do see a small lag going through the cheap router, but I'm not on-line gaming, so I don't need the best.
There's the kicker. Gaming. If you need those extra milliseconds of reaction time, ask a gaming geek.
one problem with cat-6 wiring and networking....when one bas guy starts to dl a file, that user will hog up the bandwidth speed leaving the rest of users online at dial-up speed activity...this is the only problem i hate about it. Unless you start to allocate the bandwidth speed for each comp/port in the house.....
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