so i got a belkin n1 router...

yea i guess that was supposly one of the faster and better routers..
this was my 1st time going wireless, and it was a hard set up..
it gave me alot of trouble.. sum how i got it working, but the speeds are like
around 1mb.. alot slower than my desk top...
do i need to go buy a n1 notebook card or the usb to make it go faster??
i get sum lag playing wow.. and its kinda frustrating... cuz i bought a expensive router, and performance seems kinda low...

 

To realize the speed of the router the notebook card must also be capable of those speeds otherwise the router will fall back to the speed of the notebook card.

 

Hmmmm....sounds as if it may be defective as my brother in law had similar problems with his first one and after returning it the second one setup just fine and gave him a constant speed of 6+Mbps on comcast calble. I also have the N1 and I get burst speeds of up to 14Mbps with comcast and I am not using the N1 compatible card but it is on my list of what to get next

 

hm... thats making me wanna exchange it too... but
it really ranges from like 1mb to 9mb..
do i have any other options instead of exchanging it??

 

Belkin is not known for reliability. I have yet to get hold of 1 that worked the first time. So I no longer recommend them any more. I had a few that worked for a short period of time, then started locking up. Even hard resets would not clear it. Had to be powered down for 20min to clear. Return it for Dlink or a Netgear. Dlink has the better support. Netgear only gives you 90 days free phone support. But thy make a good solid product.

 

can u reccommend me a nice router?? im reallying thinking about exchanging this n1 router.. half the time im connected on 75mbps...

 

I generally use SMB class equipment which is seperate hardware, 8 port VPN router with a 16 port managed switch with a seperate AP's connected to the router.

I generally do not recommend hardware, Mfg are constantly changing firmware. With each update performance changes. Case in point is Linksys WRT54G v5+. They had a solid product and butchered it when they cut ram and rom to 1/2. No longer recommend Linksys.

I do not recommend anything 11n, or do I like MIMO.

As for as combo units I like the Dlink DGL-4300. The Netgear WPN824 (MIMO) is a good router but I do not like MIMO hardware because it conflict with other network in the area.

Dlink has the best support. Netgear only gives you 90days of free phone support. But email support is available after the 90 days.

 

Oh boy, does that sound familiar I bought N1 about a month ago. After a week, found it was defective. Exchanged it for another one. That one was OK, but I had too many dropouts. One thing to keep in mind, flip it over and look at the version #. Some stores trying to clean out their inventory and still selling v1xxx hardware version which had some problems. If you decide to stick with N1, make sure the version is v2xxx.

Myself, I actually returned N1 and got the new shiny D-Link DIR655 (way above the N1). Running perfectly at 300Mbps with my internal N card. Highly recommend it!!!

 

thank you so much... i was actually just gonna keep the n1, and think i wasted my money.. but it is a version 1001.. so im gonna exchange it tom
for the d link one.. hopefully this wireless connection works out better...
ill let u kno how it went, atfter...

 

Mine worked first try

I love my n1! I don't have the card, but I don't really need it. It would be nice, but it's not priority 1 right now. My version is 1000 and it has never given me any problems. I updated firmware though. Mine gets really hot, does this happen to anyone else?

 

well mine gets hot, and its slow.. its difficult to play wow, form the lag...

 

That stinks that yours is really slow. I'd probably exchange it for another. I'm just curious, what wireless card do you have in your laptop? And thanks for answering my question about the heat. I scoured the web for hours and no one mentioned it once!

 

well, the speed doesn't seem really slow.. its just not as fast as i thought..
i get like 2mb most of the times, never get disconnects...
its just i guess i expected super fast speeds...
im actually just thinking about keeping my n1 now... wut if i buy the d-link and
it gives me more problems.. im to lazy to look it up, but its the one on a dell e1705, i think intel something??

 

mine's the intel 3945 abg

 

I get 3MB/s with my 11g AP.

Heat, That is why I like seperate hardware. They do not heat up like combo units do.

 

so i exchanged it for a D-Link DIR655 and its much better and faster.. def recommend it..