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Old 02-May-2008, 08:26
E@zyVG
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Here is the current situation. I am connected to Internet via LAN (ethernet) right now. Soon I am planning to change ISP (internet service provider), which offers IPTV (IP television) and Internet connection. They supply a simple DLink switch with the package, which splits one line going to IPTV Decoder (Motorola with 160GB drive) and another to PC for internet. Instead of this switch I am planning to buy a better 802.11n router. I have choosen:

1. D-Link DIR-615 or D-Link DIR-655 (depends on my budget)
2. Linksys WRT300N

I do have one built-in WiFi with my P5K-E motherboard, based on Realtek rtl8187L chipset, which does work with openSUSE 10.3, but has only 802.11g support. I am hoping that by adding a better 802.11n PCI/PCI-E adapter I can have much better speed with my wireless router. Even though the internet connection is going to be 10Mbps, access to local network resources is available at 100Mbps, hence want something better than 802.11g/54Mbps bandwidth.

Again from what I have seen in the market, from Linux support point of view, followings are what I saw as best options:

1. D-Link DWA-547 RangeBoosterN PCI Draft N adapter (Atheros AR5008 [AR5416] chipset) - think best for now
2. D-Link DWA-556 Extreme N PCI-E adapter (Atheros AR5008 [AR5418] chipset) - costlier than DWA-547
3. LINKSYS WMP300N PCI (chipset? do not know which one I will get in Russia)- has got really cool external antenna

From what I have read so far, MadWiFi is now supporting those D-Link wireless adapters pretty good (yes?), and D-Link adapters will be the best option with D-Link router. Or maybe some other router/adapter combo (I find D-Link best for now)?

Basically, I need an adapter with very good Linux support, i.e. no ndiswrapper, but any native Linux driver, WPA2-AES working encryption, with 100% that will work with openSUSE 10.3+ distribution.

BTW, as I have not seen one yet, is it really possible to have a throughput of 100+Mbps with draft N hardware in Linux, expecially with the above router/adapter combination?
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Old 02-May-2008, 10:05
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go with the D-Link, it is better supported. I use Belkin products, for testing,occasionally & they are pretty good,either with the rtxxx chip-set or broadcom using ndiswrapper ( wish they'd stay with one chip-set ). As for the speed, you will probably top out about 75-80mb/sdue to overheads ( as usual )still, it's better than 54mb/s

Andy
 

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