In terms of Wireless N, it all depends on what you're looking to do & the specs of your house. (plz correct me at anytime
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For those whom already know, wireless G is great for its time; but there's a few problems with G like with any other router(s):
1. Bandwidth cap
2. Signal drop
3. Distance
For those whom have G, should generally get about a 40-60mbps cap before you'd have to refresh your router. Now in terms of signal drop, ex:
we can just be hangin out in our livingroom & all of a sudden while sending an email, or watching slingbox, or playing games on the net; we just lose connection.... we all hate this part... it happens more w/ wireless B/G routers.
Reason being that they only ping out a signal per certain amount of intervals per sec. Thankfully most of the B/G routers now a day's have full duplex routers, giving those whom are wired in the ability to not lose their connection...but unfortunately you still lose in the wifi department.
Remember during the time these routers were built, considering not much has changed in their designs, except the propietary speed boosting features in some of the routers, or also MIMO, you're really not gona be doing much for an over the average user. For an average user whom likes to just stream some non bulky files, email, chat; the regular B/G is fine, but for those whom aren't an average user, then B/G is not for you.
Now distance, we all know that wireless B/G can send up to a "1000ft range", but in reality all your really gonna get is about 10-400ft of wireless internet. Also in terms of the architecture's of your household, you'll probably get in about the 4 rooms of your household just 3 rooms of wireless.
Now with wireless N, which in its early stages was known as Pre-N; you'll get about 1,000ft range w/ backwards compatibility & some bells & whistles.
What are the advantages towards N?
1. Distance
2. Capable of handling simultaneous throughputs ex: stream hd video, slingbox, games, server
3. Signal loss decreased.
4. Speed
With wireless N, you have the ability of MIMO(multiple input-multiple output), which helps send multiple radio signals per certain amount of intervals, nulling out the wireless deadspots within your household. Due to this, it helps prevent signal loss. More indepth, wifi radio signals change w/ the N from either auto or manual 20/40MHz
With some of the routers, you are able to surpass the dull cap speeds when doing simultaneous throughputs from those pressuring 30-60mbps to the newly 89-240mbps.
In other words, you can be watching in your slingbox somewhere in Florida, while your kid is playing a game that hogs a bit of the resourses from your router, while your daughter is watching a video online.
Depending on the router, you can have a 10/100/1000 router wired wise, but in terms of wifi up to 300mbps. Being able to handle the more throughput, if you have a 4 floor household, you don't need to worry too much about disconnecting your router as much as you used to. There are also several features that N have that B/G never had, but it all depends on the router you get.
If your looking for an N router, I recommend checking into the D-Link Xtreme N 655 or the 855
I forgot to add, with the wifi cap in both, with B, your stuck using 11mbps, G 54-108mbps, N 108-300mbps
There's much more in this that i'll probably leave unsaid for its a huge topic.. but if any questions plz ask (there might be some confusion in what i wrote
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