[GRLUG] Power line network adapters

Richard Nienhuis richardnienhuis at gmail.com
Sun Oct 2 21:59:54 EDT 2011


I don't think the N router is going to be the limiting factor for his
internet access unless he is using something like a 50Mbps comcast
connection.  I can punch N through an entire apartment building and still
connect at ~35Mbps with 1W of power.

On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Philip J. Robar <philip.robar at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> On Oct 2, 2011, at 12:35 PM, Bob Kline wrote:
>
> > To the point, "n" has much greater range. Maybe 4X or 5X.
>
> My favorite networking site, http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/, consistently
> finds that 802.11n doesn’t have longer range than other standards, but that
> it does generally provide a faster connection out to the point of failure.
>
> > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11n or some details if interested.
> >
> > IMHO it's worth making the change. "n" has the bandwidth to
> > support any bit rates we're likely to get to the home any time soon.
>
> Yes, but it’s not fast enough for 1080x video.
>
>
> Phil
>
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