3 Antenna Wifi Card VS 2?

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bill001g

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In theory you get 150m more throughput with the extra antenna. In the real world who knows it will be more but not anywhere even close to 150. I know when they were trying to get 4 antenna streams to work they actually ran slower. Seems they may have figured the problems out since some of the newest 802.11ac routers claim to do 4x4 mimo.
 
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Chris Beldam

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So is it worth me getting the three antenna as opposed to sticking with the two?
 
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Depends on your router. What router do you have and are you thinking about getting a newer one any time in the near future?
 
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Chris Beldam

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Got the superhub 2 due to an upgrade to 50mb virgin broadband but might consider getting a new router if needed
 
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The superhub 2 is a 2 stream router on 2.4Ghz and 3 stream on 5Ghz. You didn't say if this was a dual band card. Which two cards are you considering?

If you are thinking about 5Ghz, how close to the router will you be? 5Ghz doesn't penetrate walls as well as 2.4Ghz. If you live in a congested 2.4Ghz environment (appartment complex, student housing, etc) then 5Ghz might still be better than 2.4Ghz. If you live in a detached house with few WIFI neighbors, then 2.4Ghz would be OK and the 2 antenna (streams) card would be fine.
 
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Chris Beldam

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Yes the card is dual band that im considering getting and i live in a semi detached house. Im only about 4 metres away from the router anyway
 
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