http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/ Engadget Comments for Netgear rolls out Wireless-N Upgrade Kit http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Jul 30th 2008 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Jul 30th 2008 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Jul 30th 2008 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Jul 30th 2008 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Jul 30th 2008 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Jul 30th 2008 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/
you are force to use their stupid router wizard which requires an active internet connection.]]>Jul 30th 2008 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Jul 30th 2008 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Jul 30th 2008 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Jul 30th 2008 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/

I'm still waiting for Apple to release Time Capsule/Airport Extreme with true dual band (G and N), so we can use our G iPhones, TiVos, and Xbox360s on the same router as our N computers (without slowing N down from 5G)


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I don't think they meant "bit of kit".]]>Jul 30th 2008 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Jul 30th 2008 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/
With any luck they've cleaned up their act, but I wouldn't hold my breath. In the least, read some user reviews before dropping your hard-earned cash on one of these. I had to the learn the hard way.]]>Jul 30th 2008 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/
I ended up moving to Netgear from Linksys and my router has been fine. I even find the times I do use P2P apps, my transfers are faster. The Linksys had to be reset after a few hours of P2P as it would slow the Internet connection to a crawl.]]>Jul 30th 2008 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Aug 1st 2008 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/1-2M=300mbs
2-4M=162mbs
6-12M=108mbs

USB Wifi dualband adaptor is very buggy under vista 32 and 64 requires continued repluging]]>Jul 30th 2008 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/
Handy if you want to stick your games or video streaming devices on your 5 gigahertz N network and keep your legacy devices and less critical computers on your wireless-G.

Oh, if your router lacks wireless at all, this would add it too.


The one thing about 5 gigahertz is that it does seem to have a shorter range. Wireless-N is supposed to be faster and the new band gives you less interference, but I remember that you could not go as far with it.]]>Jul 30th 2008 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Jul 30th 2008 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/
Well, since you never actually get the full wireless bandwidth, then faster does help. Also, Wireless-G is crowded with Bluetooth, RF receivers, phones, baby monitors, etc... When you look at who to connect with on your computer and you see all your neighbors, it is likely that their wireless traffic causes interference with your own. That is the main reason to move to a different band and network type. Eventually that will be flooded too though.

Speed is good for gamers. Although I am not sure if this kit would help latency at all. It is also good for HD devices like Tivo or the Slingbox where you might be interested in streaming HD around your home. And then there is network attached storage (NAS) which is basically a hard drive with a mini-computer you just connect to your network. Then all your computers can access it. High-speed access to your NAS can be pretty nice.]]>Jul 30th 2008 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Jul 30th 2008 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Jul 30th 2008 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/
I can't say as I've seen that story, and if it had been finalised I would have expected it to be one.

Thanks in advance to anyone who responds.]]>Jul 30th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Jul 30th 2008 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/
Why the hell do they keep putting out 2.4 Ghz 802.11N routers but 5.0 Ghz 802.11N access points?

The only dual band 2.4/5.0 Ghz router they make looks fucking hideous (and completely different to these access points).]]>Jul 30th 2008 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/its such a piece of crap, i had to get it changed by Netgear about 6 times before I finally got one that didn't continuously stop working]]>Jul 30th 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/netgear-rolls-out-wireless-n-upgrade-kit/Aug 2nd 2008 8:11PM