If you buy the wrong equipment associated with the modem in the house had ADSL modem, you will waste some money.

Choose any standard?

Wi-Fi is the standard 802.11 a / b / g and 802.11n is the latest. While the old standard only 54 megabit speed per second, 802.11n reached more than 100 megabit per second. Although in 2010, 802.11n officially approved, the products using this standard (actually the “draft” standard) will not change much. Moreover, the 802.11n capable router is backward compatible with devices using the old standard, just a few steps for installation.

If the wireless devices in the home, such as laptops, phones … are using the standard a / b / g and you have no intention of buying the new router can use the old standard, because if 802.11n router to go with equipment a / b / g are not promoting effects. Perhaps, until you earn enough money to buy equipment standard 802.11n router, the corresponding rates were greatly reduced. There is a standard router prices over 1 million, depending on additional features.

Select Broadcast Wi-Fi?

Many model superficial look very similar, especially with a company. However, they are divided into three categories as Access Point, Wireless Router and Wireless Modem.

In particular, Access Point (only LAN ports) does not allocate an IP address, the user is always plugged into. Disadvantages of this device is less secure and should only be used when placed in a secure network available firewalls, routers … Wireless Router (more WAN ports specified word) be able to secure better allocate dynamic IP, just as the wireless service, just connect your wireless adapter to the Internet without the desktop information often. Wireless Modem (more small hole-Line DSL) is a handy device with the preparation and installation network that has no separate modem for external functions of the Wireless Router, it also serves as a modem.

Price of three devices vary from $40 to &150, depending on what model. For example firms TP-Link, Tenda, D-Link, type the 802.11a/b/g Access Point $40 to $75 Wireless Router. Same products by Linksys slightly higher price and better quality. There are also many other airlines such as 3Com, Belkin, ZyXEL …

Router should select two bands?

The router is divided into traffic on two wireless bandwidth is 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. Basically, the arrangement is open to road communication network can process more data at once to speed faster.

Many routers like Linksys Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router (WRT610N) can split traffic on two SSID (network code), allowing users to standard 802.11b devices (slower, lower security level) on “high speed” is. Routers such as Netgear RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router (WNDR3700) Supports separate traffic on the two wireless network.

The price for this type of router is at over $100.

Other options on the router

Some form of router adds specifications to serve the object needs, such as additional USB ports for users to plug printers, mobile hard drive … the network.

If the Games coverage is important to you, select the router with more ports for the antenna can coverage on the ad exactly as fact. Access Point can buy more next to a secure router to do this.