[Herts] RE: Wireless Router

[Tony Friis]

MIMO is a new transmission technique which uses multiple aerials 
carefully spaced and utilises the reflections to improve the range 
and/or performance of the signal.
It is the subject of a standard but quite recent so all the current 
versions are incompatible and only work to full effect with the same 
manufacturer at both ends.


James Ronan wrote:
> Neil Youngman wrote:
> 
>> On Sunday 08 Jan 2006 07:22, Stephen Birch wrote:
>>
>>> nicolas(nicolas at nicolasassociates.com)@2006-01-07 20:24:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am after a couple of wireless routers. The main points required are
>>>>
>>>> 1. Simple installation!
>>>> 2. Decent SPI firewall
>>>> 3. Home solution (and home cost!!!)
>>>> 4. To be used with a cable modem.
>>>>
>>>> Belkin have the current PC pro best buy, with their wifi MIMO (whatever
>>>> that is etc, wireless router)
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts?

MIMO is a transmission technique which uses multiple aerials carefully 
spaced and exploits multipath propogation to improve the range and/or 
performance of the signal. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMO
It is the subject of a standard (802.11n) but I think only recently 
confirmed so all the current versions are incompatible and only work to 
full effect with the same manufacturer at both ends.
One aerial - not MIMO
Two aerials - may be MIMO, may not
Three aerials - probably MIMO

Tony Friis

>>>
>>> Belkin has a good reputation and so should be okay but I have no
>>> direct experience with their routers.
>>>
>>> I swear by Netgear and have set up several domestic sites using the
>>> DG384G.  Its a nice little unit which satisfies all of your
>>> requirements.
>>>
>>> http://www.netgear.com/products/details/DG834G.php
>>
>>
>> I've just returned a Netgear WGT624, as it seemed unable to maintain a 
>> reliable link with my laptop and even the ethernet links seemed to 
>> have occasional problems.
>> It's replacement is a Linksys WRT54G, which seems OK so far. Up to v4 
>> the WRT54G runs Linux underneath and you can even get  a custom Linux 
>> distro for it.
>> Neil Youngman
>>
> 
> I'm with Neil, I use a Linksys WRT54G and have done for a while, 
> brilliant bit of kit.
> the UI is nice and easy to use, and installation is easy. Its little 
> brother the WRT11
> was a pilo-o-kak, the link was really unreliable and the router had to 
> be power cycled
> every 10 mins, so needless to say that went back. Big thumbs up for the 
> WRT54G tho!!
> 
> James Ronan
> 
> 
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