Dual band router question

[Saltheart]

I think you have something backwards. The N is the fastest , the A the slowest.

As I understand it , the dual band Routers have one band optimized for Video apps such as Netflix , the other band is for normal apps like email , ineternet , etc.

Now I got this info because I just set up to get Netflix on a new WiFi built in Blue Ray player. I am using an older Linksys router but the companion router, if I were to buy a new one, for the new WiFI Blue Ray is a dual band router.

So anyway , the part about WiFi is correct , the part about the A vs G or N router is not quite accurate. Also , almost all routers are downward compatible so even if the new dual band is N , it will work with a G router and even a B router . If B though the downloads would be noticeably slow. G is not bad and my new Blue Ray player that prefers and is N does work fine with streaming video using the G linksys.

Anyway , I see a few N dual band routers lately. One is only $49 and that's not on sale. i may buy a new one for N capability if they put that $49 one on sale.

BTW , the best router I ever had is the linksys. the Linksys hardware is excellent although I have to say that after the one year warrantee , they want $30 buck to answere the simplest of support questions. With a new router at $49 (and possibly 29 to 39 on sale) there is no way I would pay their $30 1 time support charge. On top of that the service guy is some Indian with the deep accent who i am sure knows his stuff but you have to keep asking him to repeat what he's saying do to the half indian / half british accent thing. What really bugged me is the $30 is not even for a year of continued support. Its a one time , one problem charge!! Screw them!

[iamskippy]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

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BTW , the best router I ever had is the linksys. the Linksys hardware is excellent

2 years ago before Cisco bought them out i would have agreed with this statement, however they have fallen way behind the times on the functional platforms and honestly they have taken Netgears spot as being horrible.

There are allot more fact and statements behind what i said based upon all the recent testing i have done for my job. We kicked linksys to the curve, at this point there residential stuff can not handle the bandwidth requirements for all the devices customers are trying to run. After all the benchmarking myself and peers have done the D-Link 615 performed very well for a single band router but the 825 rocked the house, the top end Netgear was a close second and it would be splitting hairs with the 825. Netgear's top end model is on the generation 3 platform not the Gen 2 platform allot of other manufactures are.

~just my 2.5 cents