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Apple Airport Extreme

$179, Apple. Features USB port to plug a printer into, lets the Airport become a wireless print server WPA/WPA2 Security with 128-bit WEP Guest Networking – you can create a secondary wireless network (‘John’s Guest Network’) with a different password … Continue reading

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The trouble with 802.11 Wireless-N

(Ed: This was originally written in 2009 when I was reviewing the WNR 3500) As I finish up the third day of frustrating testing with the Netgear WNR 3500 Wireless-N Gigabit router, I’ve come to a simple realization: There just … Continue reading

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D-Link DIR628 RangeBooster N Dual Band Router

Frys had this wireless-n router on sale for $69 the other day. Great price.  I bought two in hopes of being able to use one of them as a repeater to create a larger wireless network.  For the record, this … Continue reading

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The experts help me figure out my WLAN problems

I asked my linkedin extended network to help me figure out why I was getting such lousy WLAN performance. This was my question: Why is WLAN still so slow? How come wireless-N products don’t test significantly faster than plain old 802.11G? … Continue reading

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270Mbps = 29Mbps!

Well I’m disappointed. I wanted to find out how much speed I could get out of the NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router (WNDR3300) , so I moved a PC right next to the access point and plugged a USB … Continue reading

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NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N products

NETGEAR WNDR3300. $99, Frys. ($20 Rebate was available) NETGEAR WNDA3100. $89, Frys. Well the WNDR3300 AP has alot of claims on the packaging: 15X speed, 10X coverage, interference avoidance, EIGHT internal antennas.

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