TheLastMan
New Around Here
Spurred on partly by the review on this site I recently bought a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH2 wireless Router and Access Point - which I use as an Access Point.
The wireless strength from this router is disappointing given that it is called "High Power". The wireless signal to my 802.11g devices (three Logitech Squeezeboxes) is reported by the Logitech Media Server software at between 50% - 70% which is no higher than with the WiFi on my Netgear DG834GT router. That lacks 802.11n so at least my two laptops and one wireless desktop PC (all of which have 802.11n compatible wireless NICs) are seeing much faster connections.
The difference between my router and the one reviewed on this site turns out to be because the UK has much stricter emissions rules for routers than the US.
Over here, for 802.11n (40 MHz) we are limited to a maximum output of 200mW (20dBm) compared to in the USA where the maximum is 1000mW (30dBm).
I wonder if flashing with the US version of the User Friendly firmware will help? I would worry about bricking it though.
Looking at other reviews, this router / access point is not much higher in power than pretty well any other on sale. Therefore the use of "High Power" in the description is seriously misleading, at least in the UK.
The wireless strength from this router is disappointing given that it is called "High Power". The wireless signal to my 802.11g devices (three Logitech Squeezeboxes) is reported by the Logitech Media Server software at between 50% - 70% which is no higher than with the WiFi on my Netgear DG834GT router. That lacks 802.11n so at least my two laptops and one wireless desktop PC (all of which have 802.11n compatible wireless NICs) are seeing much faster connections.
The difference between my router and the one reviewed on this site turns out to be because the UK has much stricter emissions rules for routers than the US.
Over here, for 802.11n (40 MHz) we are limited to a maximum output of 200mW (20dBm) compared to in the USA where the maximum is 1000mW (30dBm).
I wonder if flashing with the US version of the User Friendly firmware will help? I would worry about bricking it though.
Looking at other reviews, this router / access point is not much higher in power than pretty well any other on sale. Therefore the use of "High Power" in the description is seriously misleading, at least in the UK.