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Tom   12-25-2004 at 12:31:27 AM

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A residential client's D-Link wireless G-series router bit the dust. He read
some good things about Netgear so I replaced it with a Netgear wireless
G-series router and placed it in the same location as the D-Link. It works
great except for the fact that is has a much smaller range than the D-Link.
Now he wants a different one but doesn't want a D-Link. Has anyone see any
evaluations referring to the effective range of routers by different
manufactures?

Thanks.

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Anonymous   12-25-2004 at 12:31:28 AM
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"Tom" <tom@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:R_idnVcb9uZSO1HcRVn-rQ@adelphia.com...
> A residential client's D-Link wireless G-series router bit the dust. He
read
> some good things about Netgear so I replaced it with a Netgear wireless
> G-series router and placed it in the same location as the D-Link. It works
> great except for the fact that is has a much smaller range than the
D-Link.
> Now he wants a different one but doesn't want a D-Link. Has anyone see any
> evaluations referring to the effective range of routers by different
> manufactures?
Most claim about the same range. Usually they are 15dbm output with about a
2dbi antenna. I would look
for one with a higher output or external antenna capability.
I have a linksys wap54g and get excellent coverage throughout my 1700 sq
foot. At about 50 foot from the access point I start to drop from 54 to 48
or 36. Still not bad. Plus you can add higher gain antennas (sold by linksys
also). Not sure if the netgear you had has diversity antennas but this
certainly helps too for multipath.

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Anonymous   12-25-2004 at 07:24:04 AM
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"Tom" <tom@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:R_idnVcb9uZSO1HcRVn-rQ@adelphia.com...
>A residential client's D-Link wireless G-series router bit the dust. He
>read
> some good things about Netgear so I replaced it with a Netgear wireless
> G-series router and placed it in the same location as the D-Link. It works
> great except for the fact that is has a much smaller range than the
> D-Link.
> Now he wants a different one but doesn't want a D-Link. Has anyone see any
> evaluations referring to the effective range of routers by different
> manufactures?
>
> Thanks.

There are good reports regarding range coming from users of the new Belkin
Pre-N equipment. Both the router and the host's wireless NIC would need
replacing. Also, these devices use a specification that is not standardized
yet.

Ron Bandes, CCNP, CTT+, etc.

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