Any benfit to getting a MIMO wi-fi card?

dragon · 15-08-2006, 08:07

was looking at the edimax wireless cards (because they work on xp64)

now i can get

Edimax 802.11g 54Mbps PCI card (EW-7128G) ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£12.79 inc vat

MIMO-XR 54Mbps PCI Card EW-7628IG ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£17.39 inc vat

both say 54mbits 802.11G compatable.

Atm my pc is on a wired lan at home but im hoping to move out of parents place soon and where I think im going to be there won't be a wired connection, wireless router will most likely end up downstairs and my pc will be upstairs (and no i don't know which router will be used yet)

aren't MIMO cards supposed to get a better signal or something? but is there any benfit if just connecting to an 802.11G network, the router at my parents house is a preN belkin mimo router but then i connect the desktop to that via wired cat5.

Graham M · 15-08-2006, 08:08

Mimo cards have an extended range with a compatible router.

dragon · 15-08-2006, 08:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeph

Mimo cards have an extended range with a compatible router.

thats what i thought, at home there is a MIMO router but if/when i move there might not be.

mind you ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£17 for a mino card doesn't seem bad.

anyone got a review it does worry me slightly that no customer reviews and its listed as clearance

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...ationKey=11175

Graham M · 15-08-2006, 08:28

I'd get it to be honest, It'll run with a normal router anyway