does 300mbps wifi router increase internet speed

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
P

peterpanm

Distinguished
Jul 1, 2011
46
0
18,530
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-WR740N
http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TL-WR841N
the router will be around 3 feet away from my wifi device and my apartment is not very big.
thank you
 
Solution
COLGeek
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.
Sort by date Sort by votes
COLGeek

COLGeek

Cybernaut
Moderator
Apr 6, 2009
54,218
3,416
179,340
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.
 
Upvote 1 Downvote
P

peterpanm

Distinguished
Jul 1, 2011
46
0
18,530
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
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
USAFRet

USAFRet

Titan
Moderator
Mar 16, 2013
171,445
17,909
184,590


Cat5e directly the router is preferred.
WiFi can introduce many variables, most of them not good.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
g90814

g90814

Honorable
Apr 11, 2013
1,382
1
11,960
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=2268&model=TL-WDR3500 is probably their least expensive dual band router.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
B

boosted1g

Titan
Jun 12, 2013
14,846
8
74,965
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.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom