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What to look for in a wireless router?
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on 2011-09-07 02:11:43 (edited 2011-09-07 03:43:06)
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I'm not sure if this is the right spot to post this.. but I'm posting it anyway. I'm planning on buying a wireless router, but there are these N-band, Gigabit and 10/100 ports that I can't understand.. thanks for your help in advance! |
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Re: What to look for in a wireless router?
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on 2011-09-08 01:35:41 |
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Overwhelmed by all these terms? N-band are those routers that support 802.11n bandwidth, which is generally faster (up to 300Mbps if I'm not wrong) and have higher range. Gigabit and 10/100 ports are the network port at the back of the router which is used to connect to the computer directly via a network cable. The speed for these ports are 10Mbps or 100Mbps or 1000Mbps and usually used for desktops if it does not have a wireless NIC and the depends on how fast your desktop's NIC is. Anyways, what router are you planning to get? |
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Re: What to look for in a wireless router?
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on 2011-09-10 04:49:14 |
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yeah. I don't know which is best for our home D: I'm planning on buying the Linksys E2000 model. though I'm not really sure if that should be what I'm getting.. by the way, what's an NIC? |
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Re: What to look for in a wireless router?
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on 2011-09-10 05:53:17 |
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NIC - Network Interface Card. Used for connection to a network. As for the choice of router, I wouldn't recommend the Linksys E2000 - there's better and cheaper model out there. I recommend one of these the TP-Link TL-WR1043ND and TL-WR940N or DLink Dir-855 |
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Re: What to look for in a wireless router?
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on 2011-09-11 07:03:07 |
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So there are lots of other good models out there. I was so narrow-minded that I only looked at Linksys's models XD Thanks a lot for the advice! |