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does 300mbps wifi router increase internet speed

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October 10, 2014 10:17:01 AM

Hi everyone. I have 1mb LAN connection and I want to add a wireless router so me and my nephews (visit sometimes) can use internet. I have tp-link TL-WN823N 300mbps wifi USB adapter and they have notebooks. so will 300mbps wifi router increase the internet speed or should I be good with the 150mpbs router? these two are in my range
http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-WR...
http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-WR...
the router will be around 3 feet away from my wifi device and my apartment is not very big.
thank you

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October 10, 2014 10:20:06 AM

No, a "faster" router will not increase your Internet access. Internal communications could be faster, if all of your adapters can take advantage with the higher speeds, but external access will be limited by your ISP connection bandwidth.
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October 10, 2014 10:26:16 AM

thanks that's very quick. so 150mbps router will be enough for my need and I can save some money? one more thing. does internet performance affects if I use LAN directly to my desktop or I use wifi adapter through wifi router. sorry for bad English. thanks
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October 10, 2014 10:28:32 AM

peterpanm said:
thanks that's very quick. so 150mbps router will be enough for my need and I can save some money? one more thing. does internet performance affects if I use LAN directly to my desktop or I use wifi adapter through wifi router. sorry for bad English. thanks


Cat5e directly the router is preferred.
WiFi can introduce many variables, most of them not good.
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October 10, 2014 10:31:19 AM

Yes, save some money and go with the 150mbps router. Even using the LAN (wired connection) , you will still be limited by your ISP bandwidth and not by the router.
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October 10, 2014 10:33:25 AM

thank you so much guys, that's the first time ever my problem solved very quickly in any forum out there, technical or nontechnical.
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October 10, 2014 10:36:15 AM

Tom's Hardware is simply the best. Welcome to the team!
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October 10, 2014 10:46:04 AM

The only reason to go with the faster/better router might be for what devices you are connecting to it.

Dual band routers have some advantage if you have newer hardware that can use the 5Ghz band (hence 'dual band'). Most older devices use the 2.4Ghz band, but in some areas you will get too many devices trying to use the same frequency.

If that is all gibberish to you, just buy a router you can afford, that is somewhat modern :) 

Edit: I checked both of the routers you linked, neither of them is dual band. I'd consider that when making your purchase.

http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?categoryid=... is probably their least expensive dual band router.
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October 10, 2014 10:51:02 AM

The faster router does nothing to help internet speeds.
It will help you transfer files faster from devices on your network.

In your case, a 150mbps router will not help a 1mbps internet connection. In the case of if you had a 100mbps connection a 300mbps router would be helfpull because it gives you the extra bandwidth. In reality your real wifi speed will be 30-50% of your max speed. Thus on a 150 mpbs router you are really only getting 40-75 mbps speed, so on a 300mbps your real speed would be 100-150mbps and would allow to utilize your full internet bandwidth.

Wired ethernt is always better because you get the max speed with minimal latency (think of the mbps as how much it can carry, and latency would be how fast it can get there). As stated above, wifi adds many variables, and the result of those variable is decreased bandwidth.
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