Test of Killer Wireless-N 1103

Seems too good to be true, but would like to know if any users have any experience

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I have the Killer NIC in my machine and i must say, its been the best Card i have used. Connects Very fast to my Cisco 1200 AP. Rock Solid connection.

The best feature is the software app that lets you control bandwidth.

It will measure your up and down speed with the internet. Then it displays all apps you have that use the network graphically. You can then slide the bar to set how much bandwidth each app is allowed to use. Great for people like me that download a lot of stuff in the background.

 

Some users have been getting good results while other have been getting not so good ones. Personally, i'd love to see a review from smallnetbuilder. Those guys are more thorough than anandtech and tomshardware in their reviews of network gear.

 

Mech, seeing how you already have the 6300, its probably not worth getting the 1103. My neighbor sees zero difference between the 1102 vs 6300.

The 1103 and 1102 should be very close in performance (minus the extra antenna in the 1103)

 

Not to call Hardware Shenns, but i think the majority of issues people have with their NIC is the AP they are using. Most home WiFi Routers, even the $150 ones just can't handle any real workload. They are feature-rich, but have processors that just can't do the job.

This is especially true for latency, as they chock up quite easily, and cannot sustain a stream of data for very long without overheating.

Switching to a Cisco 1200 AP was the best move i made. There is no comparison between it, and even the Cisco Branded Home Routers. Rock Solid, especially when coupled with a good NIC.

 

The problem with networking is that ultimately you are controlled by your ISP.

A few ms ping difference is insignificant when server to server ping for normal home user start on double digits.

bandwidth monitor is not a new concept either

 

I have to agree on the Cisco Routers. When I switched out from a Netgear router to a Cisco e4200 router I went from 2 bars in my basement to full strength in any spot inside my entire house and I went from not being able to connect in some places in my yard to at least 2 bars on even the farthest corners of my yard front and back.

I can now connect at any place on my property and even in some of my neighbors property too.

Because of this huge increase in range I made sure to set it up to not broadcast my network ssid so people have to know my network name before they can even try to crack the PW and the PW I have for it has upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols so its basically impossible to crack WPA2/AES 256 encryption of course.