Wireless D-Link
 

Soon I will be moving to a new home. Much of the house will be wireless for laptops, tablets and now by desktop. I do not want to be relegated to a specific spot for my desktop in proximity to a cable routing through a wall. I opted to try a wireless connection for my desktop. I ordered a D-link N150. Set up consisted of installing the drivers and program from a disc. Plug and play. I figured the wireless would be a bit slower than the hardwire to the internet. I was wrong. The wireless D-link N150 is faster than the hardwired port! I pleasantly surprised. :up:

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Unless you don't work at D-link company and this is not an ad, it's a complete nonsence. There is no wireless connection that could be faster than wired one. No way!

Nope. I don't work for D-Link. :03: There is a noticeable difference in the speed of pages loading. Keep in mind I connected with the older looking telephone looking deal in the back of the machine. This D-Link connects via USB. I'm not a computer wizard but I believe USB is a faster connection. This is not a scientific test but in my mind I notice a better speed.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2415463058.png

It's not going to make much difference connecting to the internet, but even the basic CAT5 cable supports up to 100Mbit. You would definitely notice the difference transfering between devices within a home network.

Also, wireless connections often suffer from packet loss. Any wall or electronic device between the computer and the router can cause interference, lowering signal stability and possibly speed.

I was expecting a marked slowness with the wireless. I experience the same or better performance as the hard wire. . I played Mech Warrior online MMO with no issues at all. Connection is good.

Cool. A decade ago I rented a basement apartment. The landlady lived upstairs. I paid for cable for both of us. The cable had to be installed upstairs, which was fine with me. I got a wireless setup to run to my room in the basement. Unfortunately the house was quite old and the signal couldn't seem to find its way through all the concrete and metal. CompUSA was very nice about refunding my money, and I immediately gave it right back to them for a wired system and fifty feet of cable. Worked fine after that.

I'm glad your house is newer, and that the new system works for you. :sunny:

If you want fast internet in a larger house, I would recommend a powerline adapter:

http://www.dlink.com/us/en/home-solu...nect/powerline

Fast , easy to setup, no need to worry about signal issues, etc.

Thanks for the tip! :up:

have one of these:
http://csimg.shopwahl.de/srv/DE/0000...-wlan-nano.jpg

Pc + 2m USB cable + 5m USB cable + HUB for signal renewal (external power supply) + 2m USB Cable+5 m USB cable + D-link

captures an open Router 14 or 16 feet away through 4 thick concrete and reinforced walls @ 80%-95% strength depending on conditions.

Saves me 50 bucks a month. Not bad for 15Euroes and a bunch of old cables.

aint so bad! Worries that i have seen is connection loss on larger power cable schemes with a lot of "sicherungen" (circuit breakers?).
But for a regular home or small Flat it will do juuust fine.
really handy in use.

I use a powerline adaptor from router to a switch behind the telly, which then feeds TV box and PC. I used it to negate occasional interference using WiFi but everyone still uses WiFi for the phones/tablets.

A slow wired connection could be a NIC not set up correctly. Check the advanced settings, make sure you're not on 10 Mbps half duplex!

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/8564/nicsettings.jpg

Do you not find that most new routers are wireless orientated so tend to associate
more bandwidth usage to Wi-Fi then to the wired connection.
As with the Virgin router I'm using it seems to give more performance when you
connect using wireless than wired also it is possible that the wireless dongle you use
to connect with is faster than the onboard modem is it not ??.
I have both the Netgear N150 and also the Netgear N600 dongles that give a very good performance :up: