Dual-Band Wireless card 6200,6300,etc

I am unexperienced in the field of wireless cards.

I wanted to know why so many people here want to add the cards mentioned in the title like the 6200 or the 6300 to their notebooks. Is it because of the dual-band? Farther range? Faster (of course, but by how much? Really worth it?)

First of all, I don't plan on getting a Dual-Band router anytime soon. Simply because I have had 3mb/s and just got about 5-7mb/s, I don't have FIOS (yet? ) so would I notice a difference in speeds?

Please don't get me wrong, I don't think that you guys shouldn't pursue getting better cards, I just feel left out simply because I don't know much about it and don't have the inclination to want it. ​

I have yet to experience the "n" band as part of the a/b/g/n in my card - lol.​

 

If you are talking about the dv6 wireless card, its bgn. Most likely won't able to utilize the full N capability on a fully compliant N Access point, like that matter anyways

The common reason why people replace their cards, is that they have access to higher end content or live in an area where there are alot of congestion in the 2.4ghz spectrum, or they simply can.

I think we have a thread discussion about this in the network section.

 

Makes sense, thanks for the reply.
Do you think that these cards are better or worse in battery life.
Clearly they are more powerful, but might have better optimization options, modes, etc?

 

Such as at a university(ie, dorms, and just around campus.)? How much congestion are we talking here?

 

I have been on campus for two years and even at home (Wireless card can pick up nearly 15-20 Wifi networks) I have had no issues with my card feeling slow or losing signals. That's just been my experience.

 

university uses business class wireless access point with thought out placements, so you don't face much problems except for overloaded nodes or memory issue with them.


But in cities where, there are multiple type business and consumer wireless access points all next to each other. They all competing for the same frequency, very active, and have different methods of conforming to their specification. There is a high probability for a packet to get loss in the mix or you get simply get dropped.

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I got dropped many times where I live cause there are only 30 wireless ap running the full specs of N pre-draft 2.0 under the 2.4 ghz spectrum. Which is pretty much the similar of being surround by 180 wireless ap running on the G final specification.