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Question about Pre-N

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rikadik

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As i said in a previous post I need to kit out a 3-storey student house with wireless for up to 7 people. I'm concerned about range mostly.

I've heard very good reviews of Pre-N dramatically boosting signal strength over G routers, even when working with wireless G clients. Is this true?

I'm very interested in this router: Belkin Pre-N Router, any comments?

THanks again
 
Never had anything to do with Pre-N equipment, but I stay far far away from Belkin anything.
Belkin is the one brand that I can actually say that literally not one of their products has worked correctly when I've ran into them.
This includes an USB->Bluetooth adapter, LPT->USB adapter, two mice(kinda worked, on some axis, sometimes), and some other random stuff.
 
If the House is Build around a spacious staircase (like old mansions), putting one unit in the middle of the Stair case space might work.

I doubt very much that you would be able to cover a three floor house with seven user using any of the Entry Level hardware (802.11n or what ever).

As you were told few days ago, you need multiple units.

If you do not want to add wires buy 3 Buffalo Wireless Routers (the Buffalo Router is WDS out of the box) and place one at each floor. Id the WDS is too weak you can connected the same Routers with wires and use them as an Access Point.

Using a Wireless Cable/DSL Router as a Switch with an Access Point

:sun:

P.S. If money is a problem, suggest one weekend skipping of the Brew project.
 
I really dislike Belkin's wireless gear, but I love their Pre-N routers. I've had nothing but success when using them in large homes over the past year, where previously there was 2+ B/G routers (a nightmare to say the least). It has a nice web interface, and you can easily switch it from router to access point mode.
 
Thanks for all your help, I've taken it on board.

I've bought a buffalo wireless router. I'm going to put it on the landing on the middle floor, hoping to cover most of the house.

If this fails, then I'm either going to try a Pre-N router (I have heard good reviews about the belkin ones - look pretty funky too!) or maybe add more buffalo wireless routers. Will just play it by ear.

My question now is: when the Pre-N router is working with wireless G gear, is there going to be an improvement over a G router, or will I only see an improvement if all the gear is Pre-N.

Thanks
 
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