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Wireless repeater or Wireless Anntenna?

  • 13-08-2007 9:23am
    #1
    sicruise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 378 ✭✭


    Howdy,

    Just purchased a WMP200 from linksys as an upgrade from my crappy unnamed card, assuming it would get a good signal from where I am 15ft and 2 walls away from a WRT24GS... I'm being picky I know... I seem to get randomly a signal of either 36Mbps and 56Mbps. I want 56Mbps 100% of the time because I am using this as a media server and I need as much bandwidth that is possible.

    Basically before I fork out money I want to see if anyone has used either of the above and which is more useful?


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  • #2
    penfold944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28 ✭penfold944


    sicruise wrote:
    Howdy,

    Just purchased a WMP200 from linksys as an upgrade from my crappy unnamed card, assuming it would get a good signal from where I am 15ft and 2 walls away from a WRT24GS... I'm being picky I know... I seem to get randomly a signal of either 36Mbps and 56Mbps. I want 56Mbps 100% of the time because I am using this as a media server and I need as much bandwidth that is possible.

    Basically before I fork out money I want to see if anyone has used either of the above and which is more useful?

    Wireless with media servers sucks... I had major problems with it.. In the end,after trying many different AP's and adapters, I bought a pair of ethernet of mains plugs... Much simpler at 85Mb/s


  • #3
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    sicruise wrote:
    Howdy,

    Just purchased a WMP200 from linksys as an upgrade from my crappy unnamed card, assuming it would get a good signal from where I am 15ft and 2 walls away from a WRT24GS... I'm being picky I know... I seem to get randomly a signal of either 36Mbps and 56Mbps. I want 56Mbps 100% of the time because I am using this as a media server and I need as much bandwidth that is possible.

    Basically before I fork out money I want to see if anyone has used either of the above and which is more useful?

    If you read around a bit about wireless networking you will soon see that the max quoted say 54Mbps for the 'g' standard is never realised. Interesting article here: http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/wireless/speed.html


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