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Looking at improving tinterweb connection speed and reliability
Is the Netgear router any good that Sky gives you? there's no model number for me to check out etc.
Whilst tinterweb connection is ok, it hardly sets the world alight (54mbs)
My wireless adapter in the PC was a dead cheap thing about 3 years ago too, sure it was less than a tenner from a proper PC store.
Is it worth upgrading that too?
The 53Mb/s is the standard 802.11g connection.
The questions to ask are:
1. Do you have more than 1 computer in the house and do you talk to them a lot? (Apple TV, PS3, XBox with media)?
2. Is your house connection flakey?
If you only have limited devices in the house then you are limited speed-wise by your internet connection. On ADSL you'll get a maximum of 24Mb/s on ADSL2+ which means that if you had an internal terabit connection to your PC then it would still receive data at the same as the ADSL connection. To increase the speed of t'internet I guess you'd need one of the Virgin cables to go up to 50Mb/s.
If you want more than 54Mb/s in your house then you're looking at 802.11n which gives 108Mb/s (IIRC) and that would require a new router and PC interface.
OR put a wire in from the router to your PC. That could go to gigabit if you have the right bits either side or at least 100Mb/s.
Runs my PC and laptop just fine.
I am preety sure that Sky are not given out Netgear routers any more.
They appear to have changed supplier and the new routers are rubbish, unlike the Netgear DG834 which is an excellent bit of kit.
The 54mbps is by no means the actual speed you'll get, it's the theoretical maximum, so your router will always be the limiting factor.
I use a Netgear MIMO router that runs at 108mbps max, and have found it perfect for a combination of PC, laptop, Wii and PDA.
i have the Netgear / Sky router. Not sure of it's model number, but erm it's white! Runs 2 laptops in this house and a PS3.