Draft N router speed

I am using a Netgear DG834N wireless router/modem.
I have the mode set to "up to 270Mbps" (802.11n) but I'm only ever getting 54 Mbps transmit rate on my MacBook Pro sitting about a foot away from the router.
Same when set to 130Mbps
I have WPA security activated.
I've tried every setting I can think of.
Can anybody suggest what I may be doing wrong?
Also iPhone 3G loses connection when router is set to 270Mbps
Thanks
Jeff

tryin012, Welcome to the discussion area!
The download and upload speed of the internet service I plan to use are 10Mbps and 1Mbps (up to). Will I be able to exceed these speed by using the airport extreme, draft N router ?
No. The Internet connection speed is controlled by the slowest link. In this situation your ISP link is slower than either the AirPort Express (AX) or the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS).
Since I'm only paying for up to 10Mbps download and 1Mbps upload speed to the internet service provider, are these the maximum speed limit I would get no matter how good my router is ?
That is the maximum Internet speed you will get regardless of router.
There are other considerations though...
-> Do you want to stream music to speakers/stereo? Only the AX has a dedicated audio output for music streaming.
-> Do you need to connect any devices via Ethernet? Since the AX only has a single Ethernet port, it can not support Ethernet clients. If you have Ethernet devices, you need the AEBS.
-> Do you want to remotely use a USB hard drive? Only the square 802.11b/g/n has a built-in file server for USB hard drives.

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I have a WRT54GS router and I am wondering what would a new Draft N router do for me? Is it worth the upgrade?
Which Draft N model would be an upgrade to the WRT54GS?
How much faster will it be than my existing GS?
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My WRT54GS is very stable, how stable is the new Draft N models?

great_white wrote:
you can go for any of n- routers...the range will be 4 times farther and the speed will be 12 times faster than the normal g standard routers...
I am sure I am not the most knowledgeable person to answer this, and judging from your profile you may be more apt to give a "right" answer than I, but as I stated above if the OP has no current issues with their setup then there would really be no reason to update to an N router.
Who really needs 12 times more speed and 4 times more range if you are never more than 50-60 feet from your router to begin with, not to mention if you still only have a G card in your laptop or PC then you would not get the "benefits" of the N router anyway, am I wrong in this assumption?
I'm not trying to step on anyone's toes I just don't like when someone is told to buy something more than what they will need, unless they are buying something that is going to be outdated in 3 months then maybe they should look to future proof a bit more, in which case maybe an N router would be the best choice, but I personally would just like a little more to come out on the N standard as far as being the final version. Also don't these companies putting out the N routers make the claims that their "draft N" hardware may not even be compatible once a final version is brought to market? Meaning you would have to buy a new N router anyway?
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DMIGIRDE wrote:
I have FiOS 75 Mbps down /35 Mbps up. It works like a charm when I am wired RJ45. However, I have family members that use their iPads, and wireless laptops to connect.
The Verizon FIOS Router MI424WR (g) that I was given when I ordered the above service does not support the speeds that I subscribed to. So, what is the use of getting anything above 75Mbps and why would Verizon sell me the service? if you currently have a MI424WR (g) which only supports speeds up to 40Mbps, you have to pay $99 to upgrade to MI424WR (n) which supports speeds up to 100Mbps (obviously, advertised vs real world can factor in 10% to 20% of performance degradation). So, for everyone who currently has a (g) router and has speeds higher than 50Mbps, you are paying for a service that the router does not deliver.
Verizon advertises speeds that their own routers cannot support.
Verizon: you have to change this practice. You have to bundle the wireless router that supports the speed. I am after 11 months of service going to decrease the speed, however, I feel as if I was misrepresented the service that I am getting.
I paid $12 for a Tenda wireless-n router and connected to my network as a 2nd wap. get full sppweed with no issues and a far better signal to boot.
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How to check my router Speed

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I'm looking to buy a new router but I am not sure if i should yet. The new specification has not been finalized so there is talk that current n routers won't be upgradeable when the spec is finalized. Is this true?

This is a good question; I've personally found this issue incredibly hard to research since it seems that the ordinary user is completely uninformed about the difference between draft-N and final spec-N.
There's a good article on CNet about this http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10351215-94.html saying most if not all of the current draft-N devices should be updateable with a firmware update.
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Hi, thanks for taking a look at this.
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Hi, this may resolve your problem. I hope this will help.
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If at all possible, I would avoid this product.
From personal experience, I have purchased the D-Link DIR-655 (the model you describe), the Linksys WRT350N, and the Netgear Gigabit + N Router (can't remember the model number). They all have varying problems with throughput.
The D-Link completely crippled my Comcast upstream bandwidth for all clients, and my upload speeds over wireless to machines on the local network, as did the Linksys. I think at BEST I got 4Mbps, and at worst, I got 20Kbps (not even dial-up). Downloading was fine, and I was getting about 130Mbps over wireless.
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About Wireless Diagnostics
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Hi,
First of all sorry for my english!
A few days ago I started having speed problem with internet.
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ABomb wrote:
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I have just purchased a Windows 8.1 tablet and one of the main things I want to use it for is to stream music from a NAS to my Airplay enabled Hi-Fi. I haven't got a NAS yet, but have tried pointing it to the iTunes library files and media on my desktop PC. This seems to work once I relocate the files, but when I play them, they play ok through the tablet, but when I switch it to play to my Hi-Fi, it breaks up every few seconds.
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I know it’s difficult to do straight comparisons, and they have different OS, but hardware wise this tablet would seem to stack up well against the latest iPads & iPhones, and even better compared to the iOS devices that were released when Airplay was launched. As this protocol is now widely used for HD Video, I would have thought most modern hardware could cope with music.
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