[TriLUG] Wireless Router Recommendations

[Carl Crider]

I was asking about the Buffalo. My current Belkin P.O.S. router is more of
a door-stop than a solution. Guess that's why it was so cheap.

Thanks

Carl

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Randy Barlow
<randy at electronsweatshop.com> wrote:
> On 01/16/2012 11:44 AM, Carl Crider wrote:
>> Any issues/notes on the performance of this router when being used
>> with WiFi cell phones?
>
> Are you asking about the Buffalo, or the WNDR3700? I ask, since you
> replied to the subthread about the WNDR…
>
> As far as the Buffalo goes, I have noticed that I can only get about 20
> Mbps down from the Internet on my Galaxy Nexus using the Android
> speedtest.net app (I have a 30x5 connection). With my laptop, I am able
> to get 30 Mbps on WiFi from speedtest.net, so it might be that my
> phone's wifi is limited to 20 Mbps. I have not attempted any local
> bandwidth tests between my phone and a local computer, mostly because I
> don't know of an Android app off the top of my head that does it, and
> I've been too lazy to search.
>
> As I mentioned in my previous post, the 5 Ghz range does seem to be much
> more limited than the 2.4 Ghz range is, and I can only test that with my
> phone as my laptop is a sad Dell and cannot see the 5 Ghz band.
>
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