Any advantage to Draft-N for networking?

[rimmi2002]

I currently have a wireless G 54mbs network. My HTPC connects to my LAN desktop via the 54G connection. I stream movies from the LAN Desktop to the HTPC via the 54 Mbs wireless connection. My question if that if I were to upgrade the router to a Draft N router (my HTPC wireless adapter is Draft N capable) would there be significant improvement in the speed and lag time at which media is streamed to the htpc?

 

[PandaBear]

Draft N uses MIMO to increase the transmission range and bandwidth. However if your router and client do not have clear line of sight in between, you won't get significantly better bandwidth. It does help in terms of range.

 

[rimmi2002]

so the MIMO feature only works well if there is clear line of sight between router and client.

 

[JackMDS]

Do you have any trouble Now in the actual viewing of the Media?

 

[rimmi2002]

for streaming it takes about a minute for them to start and then lags a bit each time I forward or rewind...This didn't happen when I had a LAN conneciton to the HTPC...it too far away for a LAN connection now. So i was wondering if switching to a draft N route for my draft N capable wireless adapter would help.

 

[Emulex]

assuming your client chipset and the router are the same technology; you can get much better transmission rates but interference will still plague you. 2.4ghz is way polluted in my neighborhood so i see 29-65mbps speed with my setup. switching to 5ghz range increases the speed greatly but you need twice the power at 5ghz versus 2.4ghz for the same range.

lessor of two evils i guess

 

[Matt84]

For me Wireless N gave me a massive boost in performance for streaming video from my NAS to HTPC. I can transfer over a distance of about 10 metres, diagonally through three walls, at a sustained speed between 8MB/s and 10MB/s when there are very few other AP's active on the 2.4GHz band. If there are more then it drops to between 6MB/s to 8MB/s which is still way faster than what I'd ever acheived with B or G.

No issues for me streaming your standard DivX / Xvids, 720p, or even 1080p content with that speed. On the old G network I had I could barely do DivX / Xvids as they had the same issues you mentioned - initial lag and impossibility to fast forward or rewind.