Wireless G or N

espresso

So have you angled the routers aerial to get maximum radiation towards your dining room? Any large metal object, like a radiator will affect radiation, so try repositioning the router if possible, even to another room in the property.

SandLake

I have moved the laptop to the front of the house in the living room, angled the aerial at right angles to it - no network!

gavinp

How about using Homeplug ?

http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline.htm

They do a wireless extender if you are using a laptop which uses the mains wiring in your house to send the signal to another wireless access point which you could put in your dining room.

Bear in mind you need a Homeplug adapter at the router end as well as in your dining room.

If your broadband is 8Mbps or less, the 14Mbps Homeplugs are plenty fast enough.

Thanks

Gavin

Blacksheep1979

as I said above - 802.11b has a further range than 802.11g so its not the speed of the connection or anything like that which affects range its the tech being used to transmit. So a 802.11n router being used for 802.11g will transmit no further than a 802.11g router as long as it transmits at the same power, has same arial etc (and most transmit at their legal limits for power).

SandLake

Thanks for the input, but I'm sure that I read that N will have better range, possibly through the use of MIMO technology - that is why I am asking about N

Blacksheep1979

N will have better range (as said above) but an N router will not give 802.11g any better range.

SandLake

but an N router will not give 802.11g any better range

Is that the same as saying

but an N router will not give an 802.11g laptop any better range

or

but an N router will not give an 802.11g network any better range

Blacksheep1979

both - as surely an 802.11g network relies on the other party having an 802.11g card.

r.kermali99

i have a netgear dg834G and i find the range of this to be pretty decent.

the router is in the loft conversion, and the laptop connects at 48mbps (as opposed to 54mbps) comfortably from the ground floor, which is two storeys below. G, 1st floor, 2nd floor (where the router is).

i used to have a sky dg834GT, but this had serious problems maintaining any connection to the laptop on the ground floor from the loft. i went back to my dg834G and it was all good.