108mbps router

Simon · Oct 01, 2007, 22:48:58

Looking at a Netgear 108mbps router. Will this be a worthwhile improvement over my DG834G? Blurb says "double the speed of a standard wireless router", but I can't imagine this will make my actual broadband speed any faster, so what exactly does that mean?

Rik · Oct 01, 2007, 23:45:13

It means the transmission speed is roughly equivalent to a wired network connection, Simon. It will make file transfers between machines on your network faster, but will have no impact on your use of the web.

Simon · Oct 01, 2007, 23:51:40

OK, thanks Rik.

Gary · Oct 02, 2007, 10:47:20

Avoid the Draft N Routers Simon whatever you do, as that is still only a draft, the official specifications for 802.11N have not come out. See this link for more details http://www.wifinetnews.com/archives/006507.html.
as for super G 108mbs its not worth really upgrading as when the draft N comes out you will be looking at much higher speeds than present 108mbs routers, its worth the wait imo. Also unless you buy a 108 card as well it will not work with your built in WiFi setup anyway, and some 108 cards I used on my wife's laptop well very buggy driver wise

Simon · Oct 02, 2007, 17:08:11

Thanks for the advice, Gary.

I was just browsing on eBay and noticed them, that was all. I didn't think they would offer any real benefits, and Rik confirmed that.

Rik · Oct 02, 2007, 17:09:40

I'm with Gary, Simon, pre-anything usually causes pain along the line somewhere. Ethernet cable is cheaper and more secure.

psp83 · Oct 02, 2007, 22:59:14

and if its a netgear dg834pn 108mbs rangemax router....... stay well away...... smash it with a hammer...... they are evil

i had one, caused nothing but trouble with connection and wireless dropping..

currently IDnet is lending me a dg834 to test with and not had one drop yet. Even thou the margin seems to go mental, saying its dropping from 7 to -4 etc. Think its giving back false information.

Rik · Oct 03, 2007, 00:33:12

Quote from: psp83 on Oct 02, 2007, 22:59:14
Even thou the margin seems to go mental, saying its dropping from 7 to -4 etc. Think its giving back false information.

I don't know whether it's plain wrong, or plain stubborn and hanging on to the line long after it should have given up. Mine will hold sync to -3db.

Gary · Oct 03, 2007, 01:51:37

Quote from: psp83 on Oct 02, 2007, 22:59:14
and if its a netgear dg834pn 108mbs rangemax router....... stay well away...... smash it with a hammer...... they are evil i had one, caused nothing but trouble with connection and wireless dropping..

currently IDnet is lending me a dg834 to test with and not had one drop yet. Even thou the margin seems to go mental, saying its dropping from 7 to -4 etc. Think its giving back false information.

I had one of those, evil was the word. ADSL connection issues so needed frequent reboots, the WiFi adaptor for it caused nightmares, to much trouble in my book

Simon · Oct 03, 2007, 07:58:52

Quote from: psp83 on Oct 02, 2007, 22:59:14
and if its a netgear dg834pn 108mbs rangemax router....... stay well away...... smash it with a hammer...... they are evil i had one, caused nothing but trouble with connection and wireless dropping..

Yes it was one of those - a lucky escape then!

psp83 · Oct 03, 2007, 08:35:41

Good

dont get it. Netgear should stop putting them in the shops to be honest.

Quote from: Killhippie on Oct 03, 2007, 01:51:37
I had one of those, evil was the word. ADSL connection issues so needed frequent reboots, the WiFi adaptor for it caused nightmares, to much trouble in my book

Same with mine, had to reboot about 5 times in the evening and once in the morning.

Quote from: Rik on Oct 03, 2007, 00:33:12
I don't know whether it's plain wrong, or plain stubborn and hanging on to the line long after it should have given up. Mine will hold sync to -3db.

My old router margin was between 11 and 3 normally stayed around 7-8. But with this DG834, the margin doesn't seem true and my upstream attenuation has halved and downstream attenuation is lower aswell. Oh well, i dont care about stats aslongs the connection is stable which IDnet says it has been since i switched.

Rik · Oct 03, 2007, 08:38:52

There's a bug in the firmware that reports u/s attenuation at half the real value. I reported in a beta several versions back, but they've never bothered to fix it.

ReDGryphoN · Oct 03, 2007, 10:40:21

Quote from: psp83 on Oct 02, 2007, 22:59:14
and if its a netgear dg834pn 108mbs rangemax router....... stay well away...... smash it with a hammer...... they are evil i had one, caused nothing but trouble with connection and wireless dropping..

WISE WORDS THESE, THE MOST USELESS PIECE OF PLASTIC EVER MADE..................

Do not buy one of these...........................

HGV2700 is what you want !!

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