wireless router speed

I bought two routers during black Friday because I wasn't sure which one was better. after doing some reading I found that internet speed cant even keep up with the wireless speed so it dosnt really matter how fast they are. I am not sure if I am understanding this all so I thought id ask.

I bought the wnr1000($35) and wnr2000($50). Is the wnr2000 going to give me any faster speeds than the wnr1000 or am I better off with keeping the cheaper one. I am really just concerned about getting the fastest wireless speed.

I have 2-3 devices receiving wireless and It is all in a small apt.

cable speed is standard i think about 3-5mbps?

We do very little network sharing of files and what not.


Is there any reason to keep the more expensive one?

 

Based on your uses and internet connection, you wouldn't notice a difference in speed.

 

This is true. Your internet speed isn't going to be bottlenecked by your router, unless you live in Japan or South Korean.

In fact if you live in the US, your internet speed isn't going to be bottlenecked by your router for the next 100 years. Gotta love the telecoms here.

 

Thanks for the heads up!

 

But that's not the only issue with a router. Do you stream much media beyond youtube? Torrent much? Anything that keeps a lot of connections open? You don't want to be crashing your router, and the WNR2000 will give you a bit more resilience.

 

Meh, the only thing he has to worry about is too many devices hogging the 2.4GHz. Both those routers can handle plenty of traffic.

 

Your internet usage experience might not be affected by any choice, but for transferring or sharing files between those 2-3 devices (assumed all devices are equipped with wireless N adapters), WNR2000 should give better performance.

From what I read on Netgear's website, it seems WNR1000 doesn't support wireless N implementation of wide 40MHz channel or channel bonding, thus it maximum connection speed is limited up to 150Mbps, whereas WNR2000 can go up to 300Mbps due to wide channel support.

 

All the devices need to support Wireless N to see the network speed boosts.