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    Which wireless router is best?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Peoness, Oct 29, 2008.

  1. Peoness

    Peoness Notebook Enthusiast

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    In terms of area coverage and strong signals?

    Actually I want to setup a completely wireless LAN at home sharing wireless internet on all floors.
     
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    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Hep!, Oct 29, 2008
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    For a less expensive alternative, the D-Link DIR-655 Extreme N Wireless Router would be your next best choice :)
     
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  4. Peoness

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    Would it be able to cover 3 floors?
     
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    For the best IMO D-Link 855 or D-Link 825!
     
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    That will really depend on what the floors/walls are made of, what sort of internal structures they contain, and what sort of interference exists in your environment.
     
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    Walls and floors are made of cement.
    Rooms are quite spacious with not interferences as such.
    And there is central opening through all three floors.
     
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    Which router is best is a loaded question. Since none of the 11n routers are spec all being draft you will never know. And then there the different mfg incompaitability issues. When you mix mfg you may not get more that 10 ft. And with a matching mfg and chipsets you may get 300'.

    So to answer your question NO ones actually know, too many variables. Now if you can provide dbi loss through each walls (and floors) and at what/all angels it can be calculated. but if your off 1" every things changes.
     
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  9. eversman

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    Cement is gonna do ugly things to your range. you may have issues with that. you may want an N router on the middle floor, and two other cheaper wireless G routers on top and bottom floors set up as AP bridged to the N router.


    just a suggestion.



    evers
     
    eversman, Oct 29, 2008
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