Router question

[Raydee]

I have a older Wireless G router, will buying one of the newer Wireless N routers make my internet browsing faster than it already is? I think I was told it will make all the computers that are wireless faster but my computer is hooked up with a Lan cable so even if it will make the other's PC's faster will it do anything for the hard wired pc's?

[SuperSparks]

It will undoubtedly make downloading faster, if doing so wirelessly using "N". It will make no difference whatsoever to the speed of wired connections. I wouldn't expect that you'd see much difference when browsing.

[Raydee]

Ok thats what I thought, thanks for the fast reply.

[Midknyte]

I have a older Wireless G router, will buying one of the newer Wireless N routers make my internet browsing faster than it already is?

No, your download speeds won't be any better than what your ISP provides. Even 54G is more than enough. For your LAN traffic, 802.11n should be better assuming all your client devices are also 802.11.

I think I was told it will make all the computers that are wireless faster but my computer is hooked up with a Lan cable so even if it will make the other's PC's faster will it do anything for the hard wired pc's?

If you get a gigabit router AND you have gigabit network cards, then your wired traffic should be faster.

Make/model of the routers in question would help.

[SpywareDr]

802.11 - up to 2 Mbps (Mega-bit per second)
802.11a - up to 54 Mbps
802.11b - up to 11 Mbps
802.11g - up to 140 Mbps
802.11n - up to 300 Mbps

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...eless_networks

[SuperSparks]

"N" is much better at penetrating walls, etc. Thus many people do experience better download speeds when using it, irrespective of the theoretical maximum speeds.

[Midknyte]

"N" is much better at penetrating walls, etc. Thus many people do experience better download speeds when using it, irrespective of the theoretical maximum speeds.

That's generally true for MIMO routers, but my point was that you're still going to be limited by the ISP's bandwidth. Obviously, wireless performance will vary depending on the environment.