Wireless dongle recommendation

Woden · 19-04-2014 2:38pm #1

Hi,

Just moved house and will likely connect the desktop with a wi fi dongle where previously it was on ethernet.

Internet is BT infinity 75Mb. I have a cheap 150Mbps dongle but it is only getting circa 20Mb a second. When I plug in the ethernet in the new place it is getting the full speed.

So can anyone recommend a wireless USB dongle that will get the full speed also? Router is a BT Home Hub 4 802.11 AC I think

Thanks,

Woden

same ol sh1te · 19-04-2014 3:51pm

Woden wrote: »

Hi,

Just moved house and will likely connect the desktop with a wi fi dongle where previously it was on ethernet.

Internet is BT infinity 75Mb. I have a cheap 150Mbps dongle but it is only getting circa 20Mb a second. When I plug in the ethernet in the new place it is getting the full speed.

So can anyone recommend a wireless USB dongle that will get the full speed also? Router is a BT Home Hub 4 802.11 AC I think

Thanks,

Woden

Better off buying a set of homeplugs

ED E · 22-04-2014 11:51am

If its in fact .11AC then a decent AC dongle should manage 75Mbps. Something like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linksys-AE6000-Wireless-Mini-Adapter/dp/B00B9Q3EE8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1398163707&sr=8-3&keywords=Wireless+AC+usb

Id be sceptical that BT are shipping AC though as it was only ratified in January and very few devices support it yet.

Realistically wireless isnt great for high speeds right now.

Woden · 22-04-2014 12:36pm

Thanks guys. BT were doing an offer for existing customers on their latest wifi dongle for £20. So I took a punt on it. Believe it's this one below. Hopefully will get closer to the wired speed. Should turn up on Thursday and I'll see how it goes

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BT-11ac-Dual-Wi-Fi-Dongle/dp/B00IJYG67A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1398166477&sr=8-2&keywords=BT+wifi+900+dongle

edit yes looks like the home hub 4 may be 802.11n the newer hub 5 is the ac one.

Wireless dongle recommendation

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