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orangemacapple

macrumors 6502
Sep 1, 2006
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Raleigh
draft n?

the bottleneck doesn't seem to be with the router. the increased speed of the router seems to be that it would just handle more peripherals. even the 54 Mps of the extreme or any other other router is more than your throughput on your dsl or cable.
come up with some other way to increase speed and spend your money on. unless you have more than 10 computers on your line, why up to "N"?
 

e12a

macrumors 68000
Oct 28, 2006
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I'm connected through wi-fi to my linksys router. I forget the exact model number, but it's a very small one (a tad bit bigger than the MBP power brick, or just as big) and it doesnt come with an external antenna. Its relatively new. It also has a wired 4 port hub.

I had problems with it at first, but after a reboot, it works flawlessly.

I have had positive experience with D-Link (until it died) and Linksys.
My university uses Linksys routers and I can connect to them with no problem.
 

islandman

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Sep 13, 2006
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I have a Linksys WRT54G and I love it. I've had some of the older Netgears before, and those were ok, but I've had no problems whatsoever with the Linksys.
 

bcavanau

macrumors member
Oct 25, 2006
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Troy, MI
the bottleneck doesn't seem to be with the router. the increased speed of the router seems to be that it would just handle more peripherals. even the 54 Mps of the extreme or any other other router is more than your throughput on your dsl or cable.
come up with some other way to increase speed and spend your money on. unless you have more than 10 computers on your line, why up to "N"?

I know your question was not directly pointed at me...however I too will most likely make the jump to "N". It would not be for the speed increase, but rather the increase of the wireless coverage.
 
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