Wireless router with greatest range?

We purchased a Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router for a fair sized multi-room
facility and discovered that the posted range of the router only applies to
PCs with Pre-N Belkin cards. Since most of our people have other wireless
cards (D-link, Linksys, etc.)we are looking for a different brand of router
but would like to purchase the one with the greatest range that can be
accessed by the greatest number of people.

Has anyone had experience with the Linksys SRX-WRT54GX2 or the D-link
DI-634M or are there other brands of wireless routers that we should be
looking into. One additional item that we should be looking at is the
router's compatibility with wireless range extenders, if necessary.

What's the experience out there? Any help and/or recommendations would be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Paul

"Paul & Leni" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:d5ydnbI5Oqk0SNPeRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> We purchased a Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router for a fair sized multi-room
> facility and discovered that the posted range of the router only applies
> to PCs with Pre-N Belkin cards. Since most of our people have other
> wireless cards (D-link, Linksys, etc.)we are looking for a different brand
> of router but would like to purchase the one with the greatest range that
> can be accessed by the greatest number of people.
>
> Has anyone had experience with the Linksys SRX-WRT54GX2 or the D-link
> DI-634M or are there other brands of wireless routers that we should be
> looking into. One additional item that we should be looking at is the
> router's compatibility with wireless range extenders, if necessary.
>
> What's the experience out there? Any help and/or recommendations would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
>
>
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All the routers are limited by law as to the power of their transmission,
consequently the range of std. routers not substantially differ. Your Belkin
Pre N router uses the latest MIMO technology and they claim significantly
increased range for it, even with ordinary receivers.
Consequently your best course of action is to invest in Belkin Pre N cards.
Regards,
Martin

Martin² wrote:

> All the routers are limited by law as to the power of their transmission,
> consequently the range of std. routers not substantially differ. Your
> Belkin Pre N router uses the latest MIMO technology and they claim
> significantly increased range for it, even with ordinary receivers.
> Consequently your best course of action is to invest in Belkin Pre N
> cards. Regards,

Of course, such an investment, in non-standard technology, could be obsolete
next year.
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derek

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In <cgi423-(E-Mail Removed)> on Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:47:56 -0300,
Derek Broughton <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Martin² wrote:
>
>> All the routers are limited by law as to the power of their transmission,
>> consequently the range of std. routers not substantially differ. Your
>> Belkin Pre N router uses the latest MIMO technology and they claim
>> significantly increased range for it, even with ordinary receivers.
>> Consequently your best course of action is to invest in Belkin Pre N
>> cards. Regards,
>
>Of course, such an investment, in non-standard technology, could be obsolete
>next year.

How so? It will presumably keep right on working, doing the same job it was
purchased to do.

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Paul & Leni wrote:
> We purchased a Belkin Wireless Pre-N Router for a fair sized multi-room
> facility and discovered that the posted range of the router only applies to
> PCs with Pre-N Belkin cards. Since most of our people have other wireless
> cards (D-link, Linksys, etc.)we are looking for a different brand of router
> but would like to purchase the one with the greatest range that can be
> accessed by the greatest number of people.
>
> Has anyone had experience with the Linksys SRX-WRT54GX2 or the D-link
> DI-634M or are there other brands of wireless routers that we should be
> looking into. One additional item that we should be looking at is the
> router's compatibility with wireless range extenders, if necessary.
>
> What's the experience out there? Any help and/or recommendations would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>

I've had good luck with the Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 and the gain antenna of your
choice. It works with the 2 other adapters I have tested (Netgear and DLink).
I use it with the matching Buffalo card though for best results (WPA-AES
key changing seems to work best with same brand rigs).

It also will act as a wireless relay. If you have a really big area you might
need more than one AP in bridging mode. This and several other units will do
this.

EIRP (Effective Radiated Power) is the key. mo is bettah given proper security.
Any AP-router can reach out with a mighty antenna. And not too much feed line.


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Nemo

Nemo <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>> Has anyone had experience with the Linksys SRX-WRT54GX2 or the D-link
>> DI-634M or are there other brands of wireless routers that we should be
>> looking into.

See article at:
http://www.antennasonline.com/ast_ne..._11-05.htm#why
on Linksys SRX versus Netgear RangeMax. No clue on DLink 2XR
technology (or what MIMO flavor it represents). I think (not sure)
it's beamforming which is similar to Netgear RangeMax.

The big problem with MIMO is that it doesn't work with external
directional antennas.

>> One additional item that we should be looking at is the
>> router's compatibility with wireless range extenders, if necessary.

Range extenders, repeaters, store-n-forward cause more problems than
they're worth. Details on request. To the best of my limited
knowledge and fast googling, there are currently no MIMO compatible
repeaters, or range extenders. There may be in the future, but not
now.
http://forums.wi-fiplanet.com/showthread.php?t=5167
I think (not sure) that I saw a product release for a MIMO access
point that had a repeater mode, but I can't remember the manufactory
or where I read it.

>I've had good luck with the Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 and the gain antenna of your
>choice. It works with the 2 other adapters I have tested (Netgear and DLink).
>I use it with the matching Buffalo card though for best results (WPA-AES
>key changing seems to work best with same brand rigs).
>
>It also will act as a wireless relay. If you have a really big area you might
>need more than one AP in bridging mode. This and several other units will do
>this.
>
>EIRP (Effective Radiated Power) is the key. mo is bettah given proper security.
>Any AP-router can reach out with a mighty antenna. And not too much feed line.

Effective Isotropic Radiated Power. Close enough.

However, more is not necessarily better for all configurations. Too
much gain usually results in a very narrow vertical radiation pattern.
Unless the access point and client are at roughly the same altitude,
there is a real possibility of either shooting over the head of the
target radio. Similarly, using a directional antenna indoors will
limit coverage in areas where the antenna is NOT pointed. EIRP is
important, but antenna pattern is more important.


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