The Linkskys router that has intennas, are they better than those that don't. I am adding a nexus 7 tablet to my computer and was gong to the the Linkskys E1200 N300 router. Do you this is a good choice.
Patti, if you have Wifi enabled and available on your Linkskys router WITH your computer, just plug your nexus 7 tablet cable cords( into the USB slot on the computer, connected to both devices) and it should pick up your ISP carrier.
This is NOT for someone who does not understand how to get connected to the Internet with a tablet ! …. You will need someone, a "physical person" who can actually help/guide you.
Patti, if you have Wifi enabled and available on your Linkskys router WITH your computer, just plug your nexus 7 tablet cable cords( into the USB slot on the computer, connected to both devices) and it should pick up your ISP carrier.
This is NOT for someone who does not understand how to get connected to the Internet with a tablet ! …. You will need someone, a "physical person" who can actually help/guide you.
Thank you for your response, but I just want to know if the routers with the antennas sticking up are better than those that don't have those antennas? Someone also suggested the NetGear brand? Thanks.
they all have antenna's patti, just the newer routers have multiple antenna's built into the case. (8 is the most i've heard of, usually they have 4 i believe.)
now are they better than the external antenna's depends on the router and the antenna's used.
personally i think external can offer better range/performance especially if you upgrade the antenna's fitted to the wireless router.
in general tho, no i don't think it makes much difference, and to be honest i can't see me having a router with external antenna's ever again especially now most new wireless routers can only be bought with internal antenna's and if there were any major performance problems with having them built in then i'd think the manufacturers would stop making them that way.
like everything you usually get better range/performance the more you spend on a router but from what i've read about the e1200 it's a good router and from your own past experience with one you never seemed to have any connection problems with it, so i really don't see a technical reason to suggest buying a different, more expensive one, but if you want to spend more on a router then there are plenty of choices out there.
I have used routers with internal antennas (as my NetGear now has) and with external antennas and I have not found any difference in range or bandwidth. However, when it comes to wireless on a PC, I do think adapters with external (and sometimes removable) antennas are better than adapters without external antennas. It might have something to do with the internal antennas being inside the case's metal box.
The placement of the router is actually more important. For best performance, should be centrally located, and preferably high (not in the basement).
What I bought was the linkskeys E1200 N300 and it will be right next to my computer. What do you think of that one. I have no idea why I picked that one out, someone somewhere must have suggested it.
As long as you go into the router's menu system and change the default passwords and passphrases, you should be good to go.
Understand there really is no such thing as a "wireless router". That is a marketing term for an integrated network device that contains 3 discrete network appliances in one box, sharing the same main circuit board and power supply. The separate devices are the router, the WAP (wireless access point) and a 4-port Ethernet switch.
This is important to remember that your "wireless router" will, in effect, create two networks on your side of the router. One network for your Ethernet connected devices and another network for your wireless connected devices. The two networks are then connected internally through a 5th Ethernet port inside. So when looking around inside the menu system, remember the Ethernet side and the wireless side are really independent of each other.
The passphrase is used to authenticate computers trying to connect via wireless. This will be set in the wireless section of the wireless router's menu and each computer connecting must be configured with that passphrase.
they all have antenna's patti, just the newer routers have multiple antenna's built into the case. (8 is the most i've heard of, usually they have 4 i believe.)
now are they better than the external antenna's depends on the router and the antenna's used.
personally i think external can offer better range/performance especially if you upgrade the antenna's fitted to the wireless router.
in general tho, no i don't think it makes much difference, and to be honest i can't see me having a router with external antenna's ever again especially now most new wireless routers can only be bought with internal antenna's and if there were any major performance problems with having them built in then i'd think the manufacturers would stop making them that way.
like everything you usually get better range/performance the more you spend on a router but from what i've read about the e1200 it's a good router and from your own past experience with one you never seemed to have any connection problems with it, so i really don't see a technical reason to suggest buying a different, more expensive one, but if you want to spend more on a router then there are plenty of choices out there.
Isn't it just a matter of replugging some cords from your modem and cpu to your router. You don't have to do anything else, do you?
