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    Tim Higgins Article...Still Valid?

    Thanks Tim. Nice article. Have to wonder how N's can be marketed with real world thruput being affected to such degrees by common use network adapters and encryption techniques. Seems to be effective marketing though since everyone seems to buy a pocket full of wireless routers trying to...
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    Tim Higgins Article...Still Valid?

    I've read the article http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-features/30224-add-dont-replace-when-upgrading-to-80211n . It was written in 2007. Are his results still valid 5 years later for today's N router products that are no longer the early "draft N" ones? Do mixing N and G or...
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    SpeedTest---DSL modem 6Mb, Wireless router 2Mb---help!

    I think the hail mary will be in the form of a refurb Linksys E3000 for $50. It really bothers me that both the original Trendnet N wireless router AND the current wireless modem fail to give decent wireless performance, but at least the E3000 can access the 5Ghz band just in case there is some...
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    SpeedTest---DSL modem 6Mb, Wireless router 2Mb---help!

    I took a laptop (N) to town, sat in a hospital parking lot with a very weak signal and got SpeedTest.net downloads between 5 and 10Mbps. This with a received signal of -78dbm and the connect speed showed 54Mbps. Ignore earlier statements about ping times to Yahoo.com. I discovered 3 different...
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    SpeedTest---DSL modem 6Mb, Wireless router 2Mb---help!

    Thank you for the response. Looks like the Yahoo pings from the desktop may indicate something. Not sure why they would vary from the wireless if the gateway pings are good??
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    SpeedTest---DSL modem 6Mb, Wireless router 2Mb---help!

    New at this wireless stuff but was happy with my internet speed for awhile but now frustrated with slow Internet so started testing. I'm paying for 6Mb down and .6Mb up with Windstream. Getting very close to that when using my desktop via cable to the DSL modem, but only 2Mb down and .5 up...
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