I bought two routers during black Friday because I wasn't sure which one was better. after doing some reading I found that internet speed cant even keep up with the wireless speed so it dosnt really matter how fast they are. I am not sure if I am understanding this all so I thought id ask.
I bought the wnr1000($35) and wnr2000($50). Is the wnr2000 going to give me any faster speeds than the wnr1000 or am I better off with keeping the cheaper one. I am really just concerned about getting the fastest wireless speed.
I have 2-3 devices receiving wireless and It is all in a small apt.
cable speed is standard i think about 3-5mbps?
We do very little network sharing of files and what not.
Is there any reason to keep the more expensive one?
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Based on your uses and internet connection, you wouldn't notice a difference in speed.
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In fact if you live in the US, your internet speed isn't going to be bottlenecked by your router for the next 100 years. Gotta love the telecoms here. -
Thanks for the heads up!
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But that's not the only issue with a router. Do you stream much media beyond youtube? Torrent much? Anything that keeps a lot of connections open? You don't want to be crashing your router, and the WNR2000 will give you a bit more resilience.
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Meh, the only thing he has to worry about is too many devices hogging the 2.4GHz. Both those routers can handle plenty of traffic.
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From what I read on Netgear's website, it seems WNR1000 doesn't support wireless N implementation of wide 40MHz channel or channel bonding, thus it maximum connection speed is limited up to 150Mbps, whereas WNR2000 can go up to 300Mbps due to wide channel support. -
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Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by LateralusRok, Dec 5, 2009.