Cheese
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join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
clubs: | No?
No. |
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N3OGH
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs | Agreed.
Unless your current WiFi gear took a dirt nap, and you have the chops to play with something more advanced, why bother?
Waste of money if you ask me.... |
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RadioDoc
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| Too early
Let the bleeding edge early adopters shed their tears and blood on thirty firmware upgrades trying to get it working in the wild, while the price drops to 20% of today's intro offering.
Like maybe next year.
Maybe.
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Cheese
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join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
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Re: No?
said by N3OGH  :Agreed. Unless your current WiFi gear took a dirt nap, and you have the chops to play with something more advanced, why bother? Waste of money if you ask me.... Yes it is, at this point at least  |
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dru
join:2000-09-14
Corona, CA
| If early MIMO gear is any indication
I bought and tested MIMO gear from two different manufacturers. Although both worked with various "legacy" devices with which I was expecting problems, *both* exhibited range and loss of signal issues when using them purely in MIMO/"super whatsit" mode with remote cards of the same manufacturer. And one brand's MIMO adapter failed / would not connect at all if there were any "legacy" devices in my network.
In short, I was expecting better range and throughput with MIMO equipment, and what I experienced was far less than what I get experience with well supported, 802.11B gear.
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TKJunkMail
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Re: No?
said by Cheese :said by N3OGH :Agreed. Unless your current WiFi gear took a dirt nap, and you have the chops to play with something more advanced, why bother? Waste of money if you ask me.... Yes it is, at this point at least I'll stick to my 802.11a setup until new gear is available that can tie the home entertainment systems and the PC's and the game consoles and the STB's all together. And if it is 802.11n that can do that, then maybe next year or the year after.
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dadkins
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
1 edit | $100 - $130 a Pop?
I don't think so! Earliest for me is a year away, and even then, only if they get the Standard all worked out.
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Cheese
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Naples, FL
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Re: No?
said by TKJunkMail :said by Cheese :said by N3OGH :Agreed. Unless your current WiFi gear took a dirt nap, and you have the chops to play with something more advanced, why bother? Waste of money if you ask me.... Yes it is, at this point at least I'll stick to my 802.11a setup until new gear is available that can tie the home entertainment systems and the PC's and the game consoles and the STB's all together. And if it is 802.11n that can do that, then maybe next year or the year after. Yep  |
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sirsloop
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join:2004-02-18
New York, NY
1 edit | Nothing has changed!
Belkin has had this stuff available for A LONG time. Everyone said wait on that stuff. Nothing new has changed, this is old news. The fact that Linksys made a new pre-n box means what, we should all run out and get one? |
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ace41690
join:2003-01-24
Northfield, CT
| reply to dru
Re: If early MIMO gear is any indication
I have netgears mimo router and its terrible. The wireless internet doesnt go any faster than 5mbps and I cant get data to go more than 20mbps out of the supposed 108.
Still I say bring on N. Data goes flying all over the place in my house and I could use the extra bandwidth. |
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JoeyDee
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join:2004-07-23
Las Vegas, NV | reply to dadkins
Re: $100 - $130 a Pop?
I'll be interested if the router portion of the the NAP is gigabit ethernet....
joe |
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BK3
join:2001-04-10
Geneva, IL | Why switch?
My 802.11g equipment works fine, and does all I need for it to do. Why should I drop cash on new stuff?
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LoftyDan
join:2002-10-22
Victoria, BC
1 edit | reply to sirsloop
Re: Nothing has changed!
PreN != draft N.... |
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dru
join:2000-09-14
Corona, CA
| reply to ace41690
Re: If early MIMO gear is any indication
Your experience mirrors mine. In fact, Netgear was one of the brands I tried.
I believe the engineering concepts behind MIMO and 802.11N are solid, however, in the rush to be "first" to market with consumer products under $150, early adopters become unwilling alpha- or beta-testers.
Also, no matter what they say now, products initially released as "pre-(anything)" now may or may not be compatible with the final standard, or truly interoperable with other brands. I've been bitten by that several times, and it usually isn't caused by Netgear, Linksys or D-link but rather due to engineering miscalculations by the underlying chipmakers like Atheros. The right thing for these companies to do is to trade out buggy or flawed gear with a free upgrade, but lately it seems they are simply sticking it to the consumer or hiding behind technicalities. For example, the current crop of pre-N gear might work with their brand's final implementation of 802.11N but not be upgradeable to a level with full interoperability.
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gsm8
join:2004-09-29
Renton, WA | reply to BK3
Re: Why switch?
I will buy it when I move i don't have any wireless just wired at 1GBPS |
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Nman
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Re: If early MIMO gear is any indication
Dude,
MIMO is very similar to Pre-N and N so if you were disappointed with the range of MIMO you will also be disappointed with the N stuff.
That is not necessarily true of issues you had with wired stuff such as the limited speed of the WAN port. You could expect that stuff to improve, as well as the compatibility since MIMO was not really a standard as opposed to N stuff. |
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verolom
join:2002-03-23
Eagleville, PA | Pre-N, Draft N, hmm...
I think I will rather wait for the Release Candidate N 
Or maybe an O, the IEEE 802.11 O-oh |
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Jigsaw
Stardust We Are
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join:2000-10-21
Cleveland, OH
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| reply to N3OGH
Re: No?
said by N3OGH :Agreed. Unless your current WiFi gear took a dirt nap, and you have the chops to play with something more advanced, why bother? Waste of money if you ask me.... I just put together a G set-up and it seems like its just what i need ATM.
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hdtvtechno
join:2005-09-04
Chicago, IL
1 edit | So
Whats the differance between Pre-N and the Final N ? |
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Cjaiceman
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join:2004-10-12
Parker, CO
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| reply to gsm8
Re: Why switch?
quote:
I will buy it when I move i don't have any wireless just wired at 1GBPS
Agreed. Although I do have wireless in my home, I only use it when I want to surf the net and not be hardwired in (like on the back deck on nice days). |
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