Depends on the speed of your connection between internet and router. If that is slow a fast router does nothing. Also I find slow connections painful but many don't mind them. Wont slow email noticeably. Will slow video and gaming and probably music. I notice with browsing many dont. I'm pretty impatient.
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Typo Boy - May 04, 2011 12:07:56 pm PDT #16678 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Steph L. - May 04, 2011 12:09:43 pm PDT #16679 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Depends on the speed of your connection between internet and router.
Is there a way to check it?
tommyrot - May 04, 2011 12:11:03 pm PDT #16680 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'd say most high-speed internet connections these days are faster than 802.11b, so I'd recommend 802.11g at least. Also, if you connect to other devices in your home via WiFi, the 802.11b would slow those connections down a lot.
I have 802.11n laptops and an Apple Time Capsule that's also that speed. That makes Time Machine backups via WiFi much faster.
Typo Boy - May 04, 2011 12:11:08 pm PDT #16681 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
plug your computer in directly bypassing router than do a speed test. Maybe search for speakeasy san francisco a lot of people use that.
Typo Boy - May 04, 2011 12:12:07 pm PDT #16682 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Tommy a lot of people have 2 Mips or less. especially if they have DSL rather than cable.
Steph L. - May 04, 2011 12:15:47 pm PDT #16683 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
plug your computer in directly bypassing router
You mean dig out the cable from the bottom of the mystery closet and connect it to the modem?
than do a speed test. Maybe search for speakeasy san francisco a lot of people use that.
Speakeasy san francisco is...a program?
I'm serious when I say I don't really know anything about this.
Also, I have no idea where the cable is that would connect the laptop to the modem (I lied; there is no mystery closet). That's why I got a laptop, so I don't have to deal with cables and shit.
Well, huh. I don't want to buy a new router if I don't need one, but it seems like an 802.11b router would be silly with an 802.11n laptop.
NoiseDesign - May 04, 2011 12:17:33 pm PDT #16684 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Replace the router.
meara - May 04, 2011 12:18:26 pm PDT #16685 of 25501
Speakeasy has a website with a speed test.
Gudanov - May 04, 2011 12:22:56 pm PDT #16686 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Five years old could be still be 802.11g, I think. What's the model of the router? Realistically you'd be fine for Internet usage with g. If it is b, you should definitely upgrade to n, there's no reason not to.
Compared to the cost of the MBP, though, a new 802.11n router is pretty small potatoes so maybe just buy a new one and don't worry about figuring out the old one.
tommyrot - May 04, 2011 12:26:56 pm PDT #16687 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Teppy, do you have a method for regular backups? Do you need one? The Apple Time Capsule is an 802.11n router that has a built-in hard drive, which allows you to use Time Machine to automatically do backups while you're connected.
The cheapest one is 1TB at $299.