Lately I've been looking into getting a faster wireless network for my house but I don't know very much about wireless networks. Right now I have a Netgear WGR614v9 router which seems to be pretty much as low as they come. I don't have signal problems, but since I have a "higher than normal" internet service I feel like this router is limiting the wireless speed I could be getting. Assuming that the max wireless data transfer speed stat on routers is basically how fast they can connect you to the internet, the 54Mbps of the router I have is pretty low based on some of the others i've seen online. I get constant 54Mbps connection on my computer that's wirelessly connected to it so the signal quality isn't the issue. This is why I think the router is limiting my speed in the house. I play xbox over wifi and do some BitTorrent downloading and i want to be able to do those faster and easier over my network.
So what I'm getting down to is: Does the max wireless data transfer rate mean how fast a router can serve a connection, and if so, what router would you recommend to upgrade from the 54Mbps one that I have now?
I was also looking into the whole Linksys WRT54G running DD-WRT firmware, but that router is still 54Mbps so I didn't know if the new firmware would be able to speed that up or not?
Thanks you so much in advance! And if any of my assumptions are totally wrong, please let me know!
p.s. - In case you're wondering, I'm a computer-technical person, I've just never bothered much with routers before so I don't know what all the terms and stats really mean
EDIT: After posting I did some research on G vs N networks. I have a Netgear WPN311 wireless PCI adapter that I see is only g network and has a max transfer rate of 108Mbps. That's pretty much the newest adapter in the house so I assume the rest of them are only g network too. So does this mean I can only get a router that is g network and with a transfer rate of 108Mbps tops? Or would it be worth it to go above that and get a faster N router (which I read are backwards compatible with G) and upgrade my wireless adapters, too?
So what I'm getting down to is: Does the max wireless data transfer rate mean how fast a router can serve a connection, and if so, what router would you recommend to upgrade from the 54Mbps one that I have now?
I was also looking into the whole Linksys WRT54G running DD-WRT firmware, but that router is still 54Mbps so I didn't know if the new firmware would be able to speed that up or not?
Thanks you so much in advance! And if any of my assumptions are totally wrong, please let me know!
p.s. - In case you're wondering, I'm a computer-technical person, I've just never bothered much with routers before so I don't know what all the terms and stats really mean
EDIT: After posting I did some research on G vs N networks. I have a Netgear WPN311 wireless PCI adapter that I see is only g network and has a max transfer rate of 108Mbps. That's pretty much the newest adapter in the house so I assume the rest of them are only g network too. So does this mean I can only get a router that is g network and with a transfer rate of 108Mbps tops? Or would it be worth it to go above that and get a faster N router (which I read are backwards compatible with G) and upgrade my wireless adapters, too?
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