I received my Amped Wireless R10000 wireless router 8 days ago but only just got around to hooking it up tonight.
Hopefully the following mini 'review' will help some here.
In a word (re. wifi performance): Wow!
I tested wifi connections to the R10000 router all over the house, after first taking the same % and dBM equivalent measurements in each location using a laptop with a RNX-N2X USB wifi adapter and my Linksys E4200 router.
All measurements were taken using the Windows 7 laptop mentioned above as the wireless client, unless otherwise noted.
Linksys E4200 router wifi signal strength measurements:
Bedroom
43 dBM
Dining room
-62 dBM
-53 dBM with range extender
Living room
-62 dBM (70%)
Family room
-64 to -66 dBM (= 60% strength or less)
Amped Wireless R10000 wifi signal strength measurements:
Bedroom
-33 dBM
Dining room
-49 dBM (100%)
Living room
-49 dBM (100%)
Panasonic Blu Ray with built-in wifi adapter = 5 bars!
Family Room (furthest room - complete opposite corner of house and one floor down from the router):
-51 dBM (99%)!!!
Windows 7 laptop reports 5 bars of signal strength still!
270 Mbps link rate (40 MHz bandwidth is the default setting on the router).
Panasonic Blu Ray with built-in wifi adapter = 4 bars!
The connection has also been very stable so far (limited use but no disconnects).
If someone can suggest a tool to test real word throughput, I would be happy to test it.
One thing to note is that the router is very small and light.
The one downside to this is, given the way the antennae hook up you are better off placing it on it's side, is that the CAT 5 LAN cables are pulling at it and threatening to topple it at the slightest pull on the cable.
EDIT: I found out by playing with the antenna mechanism, that, so long as you're very careful, there is a way to loosen part of the antenna from the screw end BEFORE you attach it to the router threads. This way you have some wiggle room and can ensure the antennae point straight up (if desired) while still ensuring the antenna as a whole is TIGHTLY connected to the router.
PS: The Amped Wireless measurements above are using the two stock 5 dBI antennae (I did not bother to try the 8dBi I had bought for the Zyxel router I returned).
That is probably a good thing since the router would need to be secured to a wall or in some other way before I would even try to connect those huge antennae.
Now I need to decide if I want to sell my trusty Linksys E4200 and RE1000 range extender or keep them around.
I will first continue to use the Amped Wireless R10000 router for a week or so and see if anything changes.
I like the fact that by not using my RE1000 range extender with the Amped router, I am not slowing down the throughput (all range extenders have this nasty downside), although for my use it is still more than enough with the E4200 alone since I very rarely copy files over the wifi network - I use my router mostly for internet use (15 Mbps cable internet plan and getting 21 Mbps throughout the house via both LAN and WLAN connections).
Hopefully the following mini 'review' will help some here.
In a word (re. wifi performance): Wow!
I tested wifi connections to the R10000 router all over the house, after first taking the same % and dBM equivalent measurements in each location using a laptop with a RNX-N2X USB wifi adapter and my Linksys E4200 router.
All measurements were taken using the Windows 7 laptop mentioned above as the wireless client, unless otherwise noted.
Linksys E4200 router wifi signal strength measurements:
Bedroom
43 dBM
Dining room
-62 dBM
-53 dBM with range extender
Living room
-62 dBM (70%)
Family room
-64 to -66 dBM (= 60% strength or less)
Amped Wireless R10000 wifi signal strength measurements:
Bedroom
-33 dBM
Dining room
-49 dBM (100%)
Living room
-49 dBM (100%)
Panasonic Blu Ray with built-in wifi adapter = 5 bars!
Family Room (furthest room - complete opposite corner of house and one floor down from the router):
-51 dBM (99%)!!!
Windows 7 laptop reports 5 bars of signal strength still!
270 Mbps link rate (40 MHz bandwidth is the default setting on the router).
Panasonic Blu Ray with built-in wifi adapter = 4 bars!
The connection has also been very stable so far (limited use but no disconnects).
If someone can suggest a tool to test real word throughput, I would be happy to test it.
One thing to note is that the router is very small and light.
The one downside to this is, given the way the antennae hook up you are better off placing it on it's side, is that the CAT 5 LAN cables are pulling at it and threatening to topple it at the slightest pull on the cable.
EDIT: I found out by playing with the antenna mechanism, that, so long as you're very careful, there is a way to loosen part of the antenna from the screw end BEFORE you attach it to the router threads. This way you have some wiggle room and can ensure the antennae point straight up (if desired) while still ensuring the antenna as a whole is TIGHTLY connected to the router.
PS: The Amped Wireless measurements above are using the two stock 5 dBI antennae (I did not bother to try the 8dBi I had bought for the Zyxel router I returned).
That is probably a good thing since the router would need to be secured to a wall or in some other way before I would even try to connect those huge antennae.
Now I need to decide if I want to sell my trusty Linksys E4200 and RE1000 range extender or keep them around.
I will first continue to use the Amped Wireless R10000 router for a week or so and see if anything changes.
I like the fact that by not using my RE1000 range extender with the Amped router, I am not slowing down the throughput (all range extenders have this nasty downside), although for my use it is still more than enough with the E4200 alone since I very rarely copy files over the wifi network - I use my router mostly for internet use (15 Mbps cable internet plan and getting 21 Mbps throughout the house via both LAN and WLAN connections).
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