Help me decide: ASUS RT-N16 or Netgear WNDR3700?
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@pratikb Any suggestions?
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@rdst_1 Compared to tablets and phones, laptops will always be able to get higher streaming speeds. For a 14GB file, I think 54Mbps is not enough for a tablet. You should upgrade.
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!100khz If you plan to go for the 5ghz, you will get the lowest range so far. max is g, then 2.4n and then 5n.
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neerajvohra
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I'm using the Asus router and it covers all my floors. 3 floors. Though at terrace the range goes down to 2-3 signal but its at par.
i get poor-to-zero wifi signal in my laptop at the same distance from the router where the media player is placed.
inability to use the in-built NAS function in the router when set-up as a 'repeater' would do, as i have a separate NAS.
@blr_p - the media player is Himedia HD900B. so what would you suggest to stream HD movies, apart from the CAT5 solution (it does have a LAN port)?!
RS4
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Which Asus router? Specify the model number, 3 floors coverage is excellent.
blr_p
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What wifi capability or wifi chip does the laptop have ?
Right now its connecting up with g to your beetel so 54 mbs link speed.
Himedia HD900b Specs
Gigabit ethernet would require either cat5e or a cat6 cable.
How does the single core handle 1080p movies. Say from internal storage attached to the himedia.
Its not clear to me what the wifi capbilites of this device are other than to say its 2.4Ghz with a link speed of 65Mbs. Does the device display its link speed anywhere.
The question is does this unit have 300mbs wifi or not, the vendor page has this misleading graphic.
If it does have N300 wifi and you can reliably verify that it does then a router upgrade will improve things because your link speed will double. N300 means you will get a throughput of 20-30Mbs instead of 10-15Mbs which you currently get with the g. But this depends on how good a wifi signal your receiver gets to begin with, if its weak then even with N300 the link speed chosen will be lower.
If there is no N300 on the device a better router will only give you a marginal improvement if that.
It appears you cannot attach a third party wifi USB dongle to it either. So you cannot increase the link speed.
Now do you see why i recomended a cable
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Use BSplayer instead of MX on the N10, go to the bsplayer settings and enable wi-fi transfer and play about with the buffer, default is medium set it to high. Any difference ?
BSplayer is a SMB aware player so you do not need ES file explorer. Just setup your share in bsplayer, brwose and click. Does not get simpler.
Incease buffer on the media player classic, if it does not have that option find a player that offers a buffer and is optimised for wifi playback. As you've realised fast action scenes means larger data flow. The data flow isn't constant but variable depending on how fast moving the scenes are. There can be huge spikes here in data flow compared to slower scenes.
Sort out the playback ie software side first. Reduce the variables before tackling the hardware.
What wifi capability does your laptop have ?
Initially my experiement with 5Ghz and the note tab did not go as well as i would have liked. I then realised that i was sitting in between the tab + two walls and the router. The link speed at 5ghz was just 27Mbs. I then sat on the opposite couch now the tablet only faces two walls and the router. The link speed at 5ghz jumped to 81Mbs. Max link speed at 2.4 ghz is 65Mbs.
I notice playback starts up faster as well on 5ghz so there is an improvement. And this is with a 2 bar 5ghz signal with RSSI ~80dbm. I would have thought i was at the limit of the tablets wifi sensitivity for 5ghz but i got good playback with bsplayer.
neerajvohra
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blr_p
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I think your laptop should be doing better than the N10, did you try using a better player ?Used BSPlayer as advised and now I am getting the same performance as with my laptop. Increased the buffer size to large and the stuttering is now only restricted to the 'fast action sequences'.
What wifi capability does your laptop have ?
I'm wondering whether your N10 is a MIMO.
If the model numer is GT-P8110 then the N10 is a MIMO or a 2x2 send receive.
And that is very good news. First tab i see with Broadcom's MIMO
I doubt FM is enabled though.
Your link speed at 2.4 Ghz with a N300 router will be 130Mbs (2x20Mhz) and at 5 Ghz with a N600 router will be 300Mbs (2x40Mhz). Now, you will never get those 3 digit speeds but rather 2x or 4x what you get presently.
With a N300, i think your action scene pauses will be sorted since everything else was ok at half the speed which you have currently. N600 will give you the option of 5Ghz at twice as fast. Since you're in the same room or even in the next room it will work.
Depends on what the max file size of your media files are, a N300 might just work with 14GB, but if they are larger than 14GB then a N600 is required. Back of the envelope figures say you can transfer a 20GB+ file in a couple of hours with N600 but only a 10GB+ file with N300. If you watch a lot of action movies then a N600 is a safer bet than a N300.
Your call whether to go with a N300 or N600 wifi router.
I'm really surprised at the inconsistency in specs of the Nexus 7 & Nexus 10, first is quad-core and only 2.4Ghz wifi and the other is only dual core but with dual band wifi + MIMO. The N10 has effectively 4x faster wifi if paired with an appropriate router than the N7 (!)
Can you post the FCC ID# for the N10 ? should be either on the back of the tab or the box it came in .
would be interesting to see the tests FCC has done with this unit.
Not in signal, TP link is much much better.
rdst_1
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I think your laptop should be doing better than the N10, did you try using a better player ?
What wifi capability does your laptop have ?
I'm wondering whether your N10 is a MIMO.
If the model numer is GT-P8110 then the N10 is a MIMO or a 2x2 send receive.
And that is very good news. First tab i see with Broadcom's MIMO
I doubt FM is enabled though.
Your link speed at 2.4 Ghz with a N300 router will be 130Mbs (2x20Mhz) and at 5 Ghz with a N600 router will be 300Mbs (2x40Mhz). Now, you will never get those 3 digit speeds but rather 2x or 4x what you get presently.
With a N300, i think your action scene pauses will be sorted since everything else was ok at half the speed which you have currently. N600 will give you the option of 5Ghz at twice as fast. Since you're in the same room or even in the next room it will work.
Depends on what the max file size of your media files are, a N300 might just work with 14GB, but if they are larger than 14GB then a N600 is required. Back of the envelope figures say you can transfer a 20GB+ file in a couple of hours with N600 but only a 10GB+ file with N300. If you watch a lot of action movies then a N600 is a safer bet than a N300.
Your call whether to go with a N300 or N600 wifi router.
I'm really surprised at the inconsistency in specs of the Nexus 7 & Nexus 10, first is quad-core and only 2.4Ghz wifi and the other is only dual core but with dual band wifi + MIMO. The N10 has effectively 4x faster wifi if paired with an appropriate router than the N7 (!)
Can you post the FCC ID# for the N10 ? should be either on the back of the tab or the box it came in .
would be interesting to see the tests FCC has done with this unit.
First of all thanks for going to the lengths to help me out. I think in today's wireless world, details like this make a big impact and instead of churning out bigger and faster processors, more effort should be made to put in better hardware overall. The Nexus 10 has only a dual core processor but i am yet to see it lag or reboot randomly, no matter what I throw at it.
I don't have the laptop on me right now, but I was able to get the info by putting in my service tag at Dell's website. The wireless card in my laptop is Intel(R) 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini-Card
As for the tablet, yes it is the GT-P8110 and it's FCC ID is A3LGTP8110.
From the looks of it both of my wireless devices are 5GHz MIMO devices. So keeping this in mind and that nearly 99% of the usage will be in the same room or sometime sin the adjacent room, which router would be best for me. I don't mind buying a N600 router if that gives me piece of mind. Just don''t wanna spend obscene amount of money if I don't have to.
All I would like it to have is a USB port. Preferably USB 3.0 but that is not a necessity.
So please suggest which router should I buy.
Also I don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but can a router be used to transmit the signal it receives wirelessly rather than the signal it recieves from LAN. I wanna create a Wi-Fi hotspot using my Android phone and then use the router to transmit that signal so that I can use it on my laptop and N10. Reason is I wanna use my 3G data plan and access the stuff from my hard disk at the same time.
No, TP Link really wears out some continous run i.e starts to drop signal if you keep it on for 3-4 days
Hmm I'm using a basic TP link router continuously on from 6 months, and it isn't showing signs as you mentioned.
RS4
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That basic TP link router is shit and the reason behind me hovering in this thread.
RS4
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pathetic coverage, not able to cover more than 2 rooms and yes i know about the raving reviews by noobs on flipkart, the basic asus router i used earlier had better coverage.
RS4
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3 floors is astonishing, it is not able to cover even one floor here.