Wireless-N Comparative Results

-3rd party testing preliminary results

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Wireless N vs. Wireless G

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Performance: Wireless-N vs. Wireless G*Avg. file size 6MB per MP3 and 1GB for a movie. Download based on wireless throughput to another computer on same network. Actual performance may vary due to operating environment.Key Finding Wireless-N router is up to 15x faster in performance compared to G Router. Performance is best at long distances where throughput really matters.

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Range: Wireless-N vs. Wireless GKey Finding NETGEARs Wireless-N Router provides over 10 times the coverage maintaining 20Mbps average throughput compared to Wireless-G Router. NETGEARs Wireless-N Router has enough bandwidth to stream HD video even at long distances when used with RangeMax NEXT adapters.

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Wireless N vs. the Competition

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Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Wireless-N USB 2.0 Adapter vs. Competition (short to medium range)Key Finding On average, NETGEARs Gigabit Router with USB transfers up to 2X faster than competition at any range.

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92.3583.85143.1561.65

93.592.05149.2565.65

91.32589.275152.27564.3

88.3580.325110.62561.025

89.57588.5112.02562.525

88.783.225106.161.825

85.92586.6106.37558

27.713.8560.97530.825

9.7257.42529.916.225

1.352.720.8752.775

Linksys Wireless-N Broadband Router

Belkin N1 Wireless Router

Netgear RangeMax NEXT Wireless-N Router Gigabit Edition

D-Link RangeBooster N 650 Router

Distance [feet]

Average Throughput [Mbps]

RangeMax NEXT Wireless-N Router Gigabit Edition with RangeMax Wireless-N USB 2.0 Adapter vs. Competition

DATA

DSL GATEWAY DG834N + WN511B(15dB) UPLINK , Sep.-18 2006

4 pairs, Hyperf Script 10MB, 25 sec test. When T