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Way too many variables to answer effectively.
Not all routers are created equal
Construction/layout of the house make a difference
Wireless card in computer
Location of router to wireless devices
My G router does not cover all of my 1800 sqft house. It's a linksys wrt-54g with dd-wrt firmware installed.
Not all routers are created equal
Construction/layout of the house make a difference
Wireless card in computer
Location of router to wireless devices
My G router does not cover all of my 1800 sqft house. It's a linksys wrt-54g with dd-wrt firmware installed.
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I have a D-Link DIR-615 wireless N router. 2-floor condo is around 1500sq.ft, and it covers all of it. I'm hardwired and my roomy has the wireless so I don't know firsthand if it's a strong, reliable signal everywhere in the house, but it seems to be pretty good.
I am not terribly computer-inclined... I like video games, but don't know anything else about 'em lol
I am not terribly computer-inclined... I like video games, but don't know anything else about 'em lol
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My house is the same size and my G router works in all the rooms, garage and on the front porch and car port. Router is in the nursery in the middle of the house. Its a D-Link (not sure of model as I am not home)
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It works on my laptop, but both my wife and I have blackberries with wifi and it was not a strong enough signal for those. Like I said originally too many variables to blanket statement anything to do with wifi :cheers
edit: on top of that one of the primary places where I use the wifi is at one of the extreme ends of the house so the speed difference from a low signal was noticeable since I'm a computer geek.
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I have that same router, and like it. That said, I have had to use a booster in my 2500 sq house, but I lose signal pretty quick - the real killer is walls, especially if they have studs or any metal work in them. I have watched signal drop a few rooms away, but with 4 or so walls in the way.
Like ho man said, way too many variables from house to house.
its a combination of things.... the 2.4 ghz spectrum that wifi runs on is impacted by building materials and does not penetrate walls/floors as well as devices that use the 900mhz spectrum. Cordless Phones, Microwaves, Cell Phones and other 2.4 ghz wireless devices will all be jockin for use of the spectrum and can impact signal strenght...
the main diff between D, G, N ect... is not so much the range, it is the max data transfer rates.
The wireless card in your device will play a big part in picking up the signal. You can build a directional antenna with a pringles can and 3.00 bucks worth of parts from radioshack that can pick up a wireless D router 5+ miles away (with line of sight)...... get a good card and you should be fine...
the main diff between D, G, N ect... is not so much the range, it is the max data transfer rates.
The wireless card in your device will play a big part in picking up the signal. You can build a directional antenna with a pringles can and 3.00 bucks worth of parts from radioshack that can pick up a wireless D router 5+ miles away (with line of sight)...... get a good card and you should be fine...
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Wireless D? Quick search didn't turn anything up? Are you mistaken and confusing it with A or am I learning something today?
A,B,G,N are the ones I know of
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