Carl
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Registered: 9th May 04
Location: Jimmy Bennett's la la land.
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I went for the cheap option and bought the cheap dongle with the lowest rating, will I be losing out to the mimo & N (iirc) rated ones on my upto 20meg conection, (think i'm getting about 16 or said i'd get about 16meg)?
Can't seem to find the answer on the net, and if I am i'll look for a card to actually install in my desktop now i'm not rushing to get online.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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What router do you have? That has to support the higher speeds also.
Any G card you can buy should in most cases(can fluctuate depending on distance, walls etc) be much faster than your internet connection.
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Carl
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Registered: 9th May 04
Location: Jimmy Bennett's la la land.
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o2 wireless box 2.
Thinking of going the card route anyhow, my pc keeps freezing, only happened since this wireless jobby and i'm thinking it might be to do with the USB ports.
Nice to know in regards to the ratings though, cheers John.
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John
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That will most likely be a G, thats a top speed of 54mpbs which leaves plenty of leeway for speed drops.
You don't have to spend a fortune but I wouldn't buy the cheap cheap ones, I have one of these and although it does the job the software/drivers that you MUST use are absolute crap.
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BlueCorsa
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Registered: 14th Jan 04
Location: Midlands Drives: MB SLK250 CDI
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If you are only using networking for internet, and the router supplied by your service is only G anyway, then G is perfectly adequate. I have a home server and wanted faster speeds, so added a N access point since my laptop had N built in anyway. Doesn't seem that much faster, prefer wired/powerline connection as the wireless sometimes drop out during file transfer. 
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