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When I ordered TV signals from my internet provider kindly upgraded my broadband connection to 300 mbit/sec. I tried downloading a game from Steam, and it happily delivered a bit more than 30 MB.
That was using my LAN. Wifi operates at half the bandwidth. My router is a NetGear WNDR4300 (Dual band, 802.11n), which so far has served me well. It claims to support 450 mbit/s on the 5 Ghz channel, and the wifi-cards in the machines is supposed to support that. But effective bandwidth is 150 mbit/s.
So I consider getting a new router (and probably a couple of USB wifi adapters). Any recommendations?
Some additional info: Wifi-signal has been good everywhere in the house (house is not that big, and the router is located in the middle of it). Up to three people in the household will be using wifi regularly. Rarely there will be more than that, but not so often that it's relevant. We don't stream that much, but when we do, we'd like it to run smoothly.
pibbur
That was using my LAN. Wifi operates at half the bandwidth. My router is a NetGear WNDR4300 (Dual band, 802.11n), which so far has served me well. It claims to support 450 mbit/s on the 5 Ghz channel, and the wifi-cards in the machines is supposed to support that. But effective bandwidth is 150 mbit/s.
So I consider getting a new router (and probably a couple of USB wifi adapters). Any recommendations?
Some additional info: Wifi-signal has been good everywhere in the house (house is not that big, and the router is located in the middle of it). Up to three people in the household will be using wifi regularly. Rarely there will be more than that, but not so often that it's relevant. We don't stream that much, but when we do, we'd like it to run smoothly.
pibbur