One item that has kept me from upgrading to N is that the old Nintendo DS's we have in the household only support G. I've tried the dual band wireless network routers but they only support one type of encryption key and once you use the G encryption key you can't use the N network. Frustrating.
Glad it is working for you.
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Nowadays almost every WiFi router supports multiple SSID's (I bought one for 13 pounds this month), and I use one SSID with WPA2-AES encryption for the 'N' devices and a second guest SSID for the Nintendo DS's with WEP encryption. Yes they do share the same channel but at least I can connect via the two types of encryption to give me 'N' throughput as well as legacy 'G' connectivity.
I have a netgear DualBand Wireless access point. My house has a myriad of old and new devices accessing the network, Windows PC, old iPod, several game consoles, multipple smartphones phones (iphones, Blackberry, Samsung), a couple of MacBooks, wireless printers, Sony wireless blueray and internet media player, Sony Bravia.
My device supports multiple SSID and I use both, one public that allows my guests to have access to internet without too much hassle but with no access to my private network
My device supports multiple SSID and I use both, one public that allows my guests to have access to internet without too much hassle but with no access to my private network
I would love to take your advice, but hey Tony first learn how to spell the word "realise" then come back and talk to me,,,,, alright there bucko,,!!!
Learn proper use of punctuation, and avoid the ad hominem fallacy.
American spelling is not used in every country where English is spoken, including the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and others.
should have been the fact that he spent AU$90 (approximately US$95) for the router. That is Australian dollars. They don't use the American spelling of realize. He spelled it correctly for his locale.
I have that kind of a problem, but until now I got my wireless speed from the slow 54-130Mbps to the faster 300-450Mbps... the laptop itself was able to run 150Mbps so there was two things to ditch... the network card inside the laptop and the router... and then came a 3rd problem... my laptop wasn??t born with 3 antennas, so I had to rip my older laptop to get that 3rd antenna.
I still us the same router as before, because there is a build-in modem that I can??t replace that easy... but I do have a faster wireless up-to 450Mbps (3x faster before) and 1000Mbps on cable (10x faster than before)...
The next goal is to ditch the old router (300Mbps) with build-in modem and let the new router (450Mbps) work with a modem that have a giganet port too...
I still us the same router as before, because there is a build-in modem that I can??t replace that easy... but I do have a faster wireless up-to 450Mbps (3x faster before) and 1000Mbps on cable (10x faster than before)...
The next goal is to ditch the old router (300Mbps) with build-in modem and let the new router (450Mbps) work with a modem that have a giganet port too...
I've seen "N" wireless routers with just two antennas; maybe you're just joking about that on the laptop. 
I??m not joking... its a Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 PCIe Half MiniCard in the laptop. Google it and you will see the 3 antennas... my router is an TP- Link TL-WR2543ND also with 3 antennas. Both able to use 2.4GHz or 5GHz band.
but I imagine a lot of Jill and Joe Six Packs, don't have a clue as to why their old lappy can't talk to their brand spanking new "N" wifi router - or vise-versa!
about the real world... the title "Ditch the problem router" didn??t cover the PC/laptop itself... very important issue when you kick the router out of the windows...
So just to make these comment of mine usefull for more people...
When you change one component, you often have to change another component in the component group.
Most laptops have a standard network card built in, so you can often improve your speed by first simply upgrade the network card in the laptop !
So just to make these comment of mine usefull for more people...
When you change one component, you often have to change another component in the component group.
Most laptops have a standard network card built in, so you can often improve your speed by first simply upgrade the network card in the laptop !
Once you upgrade your router, check your cable modem if you are on cable. Mine was probably as old as my router. Exchanging it with my provider (free if you are renting it) tripled my download speed. While doing this I discovered adding a phone to my package dropped my monthly bill for cable and phone to $15 less than I was paying for cable alone and doubled my cable speed.
Also check the cable on anything connected to the router by cable, if it isn't Cat5 or higher replace it for another nice jump in throughput.
Also check the cable on anything connected to the router by cable, if it isn't Cat5 or higher replace it for another nice jump in throughput.
But they cant offer me the same speed as I got now... their router was able in a very difficult way to run 300Mbps, but it did cost me some other missing things, so... I payed for a router & networkcard myself...
My new router do run 1000Mbps on the Cat5 and that is very fast for that old PC there is on that cable... Pentium 4 from 2002...
My new router do run 1000Mbps on the Cat5 and that is very fast for that old PC there is on that cable... Pentium 4 from 2002...
I'm just surprised to read that a tech writer has stuck by 802.11g for so long and is only now beginning to reap the benefits of faster wireless. =)
And for other commenters that have resisted upgrading to N because they have G games consoles, despite the large selection of dual band Wifi routers available that CAN do dual band properly (granted not in a sub $100 price range), if there is nothing wrong with your G router, a lot of models can be turned into a WiFi access point which you could use along side your shiny new N router.
And for other commenters that have resisted upgrading to N because they have G games consoles, despite the large selection of dual band Wifi routers available that CAN do dual band properly (granted not in a sub $100 price range), if there is nothing wrong with your G router, a lot of models can be turned into a WiFi access point which you could use along side your shiny new N router.
About you nice solution with the old router... dont forget to consider the possible interference into the solution... old and new is not the best combo when it come to wireless connections... and some old routers can not slow down the new router if you dont know how to setup a access point the right way... just saying
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