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Retrovertigo · 21-01-2012, 08:21

Well as I mentioned in my other post, signal range is very poor (around 2/3rds - dropping to 1/2 at times - of the Netgear, which was always showing full strength signal in the bedroom) on the D-Link. Wireless speed isn't as good either. I could get around 35meg of my 50 meg on the Netgear. No matter what channel I try with the D-Link I can only get around 20meg, maybe slightly more.

That plus my PS3 and Xbox worked with no issues and had open NAT. I have already had to mess around to get an open NAT on this D-Link and from experience with Belkin, I know that having to open ports and whatnot usually means the connection isn't as good as when you have just plug and played.

It will be interesting to see how well I can keep a connection/join games on the D-Link compared to the Netgear.

21-01-2012, 08:21	#12
Retrovertigo Inactive Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 481	Re: Long shot - anyone repaired a netgear router? Well as I mentioned in my other post, signal range is very poor (around 2/3rds - dropping to 1/2 at times - of the Netgear, which was always showing full strength signal in the bedroom) on the D-Link. Wireless speed isn't as good either. I could get around 35meg of my 50 meg on the Netgear. No matter what channel I try with the D-Link I can only get around 20meg, maybe slightly more. That plus my PS3 and Xbox worked with no issues and had open NAT. I have already had to mess around to get an open NAT on this D-Link and from experience with Belkin, I know that having to open ports and whatnot usually means the connection isn't as good as when you have just plug and played. It will be interesting to see how well I can keep a connection/join games on the D-Link compared to the Netgear.