I have a home-made gaming rig, a real beast. Thinking of using this to increase the reliability and speed over my current "all too often lags" wifi. I have a great Modem and Router but my wifi I believe the weak link. How would you rate this for...
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I am not a gamer so.... I would say... I use these for online streaming video and for security cameras and I would have to say they have been extremely reliable and tolerant to date. I have been using 4 of them for the past 2 years with no problems. I will also add this: do yourself a favor and set security on all of them,( if you buy more than one at the same time, on the same circuit). Then locate them as you wish. I have been using them for over 2 years now with no problems to report !
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well in a way, yes. Here's an example: I play live games on the internet vs other people. Before the extender, I would only get bad signal if everyone in the house used the wifi. After the extender, it was the same except I would get bad signal for a few seconds occasionally. However, the REAL problem that I did experience with this extender was that it would constantly disconnect and connect, and it was bad for my gaming, as the game would crash and kick me out. Other than that, it did its job
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Maryanne, I haven't used it yet, just got it a few weeks ago and haven't used it. I picked it up for small router not sure yet. When I do I will post..
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Hi, My advice is to return that piece of garbage,I bought it but I installed like a month and a half after, the worse router I ever had, very poor signal range, connection drops constantly, I tried to return it but it was too late, I threw 70 bucks to the garbage, if you can, again stay away from that router it will give you many headaches. It is the last time I buy a Netgear product. Good luck!
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Your computer is a little aged, I'm not sure you would see much performance. Also to gain full performance from this card, you would need a Wireless AC router.
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Probably not... it is just a terribly faulty piece of equipment. I even cut my service because the cable company would not see to the problem, and replace the unit. My brother even had the same issues with his and had the same problems, and he has told me he will do the same. There are Many, many reviews on this unit online to that all claim the same . It was just a bad make. Best solution, go with standard modem that you can get and run a router from it to get your wifi with good signal that likely won't drop ever...compared to the crappy Arris all in one P.O.S.
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I'm about 30 yards away and upstairs from my router and I get full strength signal. It's fairly good. Just make sure you use the latest drivers from their website, and not the included disk. Also be sure to set your power settings such that it doesn't turn off USB to save power, and set your USB device settings for full power on your port. This will be best on a USB 3.0 port, but still gets great speed on a 2.0 port.
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My wireless router is so slow. I can't get thru a short You Tube video without it hanging and loading every 2 minutes. I have Comcast cable and a Belkin Router. I only paid $29.95 for the router, is that the reason if two of us are trying to use the wifi it will only work for one person. Would I have the same hang with the movies, tv is I used this wireless router? I am not tech savvy at all. Thanks
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It is a really good modem, I ordered it the day after I asked the first question; I haven't had any problems with it for a couple months now. Just make sure you get a router that is Xbox Live compatible (the problem I had with my older Belkin pre-n MIMO router was one of the ports Xbox live uses (statically) is used by the router for it's own communication and doesn't allow you to change it).
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I've only used it in my PCI-e; I don't think there Is another way. Because I don't think it has a mSATA interface. But either way. I have comcast; non xfinity and I get avoid 650-750mbps through an A/C wireless router. I could imagine if I ran fiber optics my throughput would be amazing. Overall good device for wireless connectivity
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The wifi card is on the weak side. This is pretty much inherent tothe series. I've had mine for a year now, and it seems that after a few hours the signal is wobbly. I usually switch the wifi off for a few seconds then turn it back on; that seems to work a while but some days are better than others. I'm going to get one of those USB wifi dongles and see if that works.
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I have a combination modern/router and this didn't make a difference for me. Works very well in my experience. I guess just make sure that area of your house had good coverage.
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I am not a gamer but, I can tell you this device used in conjunction with my ASUS RT-AC66U router is a screamer. It get speeds in excess of 600 Mbps. I am very happy with it. Hope this helps.
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I have 35Mbps and it works fine. I was able to use it with a split Ethernet cable connection to my router also without any problems. I would advise against using a wireless connection based on my experience though.
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I have one more question I'm going to buy a ps3 soon but I'm in the attic and the router is on the first floor. There are only 2 floors and then the attic in my house. seeing as how the signal has to go through the 2nd floor before it reaches me, is this still a good router and can i expect my connection to be "laggy"? I juss dont want to be losing signal in the middle of a game or not getting the best picture quality from netflix. thanks for any advice.
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In my experience wi-fi for gaming or streaming is generally more stuttery. I use an ethernet connection to avoid that.
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The included WiFi is pretty crappy. I was getting 3-5mb/s over my network, and poor connectivity in my bedroom, which is usually not a problem. I ordered an Intel 6235 WiFi card for $23 here on Amazon. Windows8 didn't even need drivers. I am getting 50+mb/s and great connectivity on 2.4GHz, and the 6235 has 5GHz too. (Installation is cake. unscrew the bottom, swap the card, screw back up. 5m)