New Dell, wireless question

I got a new XPS M1530 and I currently have a "Netgear Wireless G Router WGR614" and was using it with my old laptop, Dell Inspiron6400.

My New XPS1530 has a "Dell 1505 wireless N wireless card", should I get a "N" router for better speed? It shows on linksys that the range will be better and I would get faster surfing speeds?

True or keep what I got?

Thanks!

 

i think your just fine with the g router. n is only use full for large file transfers, huge file streams and for long range. not needed at home.

 

Keep what you got. You specifically mentioned surfing speed, which will not increase. 802.11b (11mbps) is faster than most internet connections, Then there's G (even faster), and then N (even faster yet), but that really only equates to faster internal network file transfers (between your laptop and another PC/laptop connected to your router wired or wirelessly)

 

I see, so I wont be getting any faster internet sufing speeds using N. Then why does it say on Net Gear and Linksys' websites? "Wireless N Up to 12X Faster than Wireless G. Range up to 4X farther" -linksys

They are talking about FILE Sharing speeds then, Like you mentiond above in your post?
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Sate...nksys/Common/VisitorWrapper&lid=7033991160L02




I have a stupid question. Does my websurfing speeds and or dowloading files, decrease when using my Wireless router, than being physically pluginto my Cable Modem via ETHERNET?

 

For you first question, Linksys is talking about your LAN, or Local area network. This is exactly what it sounds like, the network consisting of your own computers. But your Internet connection is known as a WAN or Wide area network and this is limited by your ISP. Buying an N router will increase LAN/WLAN speeds because you own that network and therefore can change it, but you cannot control the you WAN speed since that network is owned by your ISP.

So to summarize everything, an N router will only increase speeds within your own network, not your Internet connection speeds.

As for your second question, most of the time, the answer is no. This is because your Internet speed is nowhere near your LAN or WLAN speeds so that should not be your primary deciding factor when buying a router. But also note that as you move away from your router, you will notice some speed decreases.

 

Ok I kinda get it, LoL. And I also just have my laptop connected I dont have a "netowrk of computers"

 

What is your ISP download throughput?

 

My Speeds are
10 Mbps Downstream
2 Mbps Upstream

So connecting my Laptop via Ethernet VS the wireless G router will my websurfing/downloading speeds be different with the two connections?

 

Wow, that's pretty fast, Time warner only offers up to 8Mbps down for home users.

 

Cool Do you know the answer to my question

 

So imagine you have 10Mbits of data coming down, so it will take 1sec to get all in your router, then from there into your PC;

1. G (54Mbps) it will get your data in 0.185sec, so total 1.185sec.

2. N (300Mbps) it will get your data in 0.033sec, so total 1.033sec.


In other words, using N you will get the data in 0.151sec faster.

Is is worth it to get an N router? It's up to you to answer.

However, if you have several computers at home interacting with one each other (gaming, multimedia, etc.), then N is worth it becuase you will have 300Mbps among them.

Also, if you have the money, why not, just go for N, I would do it.

 

Now I get it Thanks so Much! Yeah I mean it's just my one laptop thats it, but I may get it just to have longer range ability

 

Great, and Netgear is an excellent router.

 

802.11B is 11mbps. 802.11G is 54mbps (best case, still way faster than B), and N is even quicker. Your internet connection, although very fast, is still the bottleneck. If you are connecting using 802.11G, you will get absolutely no benefit in speed. Anything faster in your particular situation (no other computers to transfer files to/from between eachother) is a waste of money.

I have many computers in my house, including a file server. I like the fastest connection possible for that reason only and I just bought a new Linksys WRT600N router. (Dual radio, Wireless N 2.4ghz and 5ghz). My internet hasn't gotten any faster, but i will say my speed in transferring of files to/from my other computers has increased a ton using the Intel N card in my XPS M1530.

 

It's cheap to have N right?About 45$ from ebay for 4965?

Rgds

 

I edited my first post after posting it