At home my Network Type is 802.11 g/n and has a Connection Rate of 65Mbps - this is connected to a very recent c.$80 NetGear router
If I connect at the clients (10 year old NetGear router), where the DSL connection is much faster for a wired laptop - the WiFi on my PB is always much slower
I tried it on both my Dlink DIR-655 and Linksys E4200. I am able to connect to N always (BGN, GN and N only). But speed is as BigAl_BB9900 stated, only at 65Mbps.
The connection although seems to be better than V1 OS, I still think RIM need to perfecting the driver for the Wireless connnection.
At home my Network Type is 802.11 g/n and has a Connection Rate of 65Mbps - this is connected to a very recent c.$80 NetGear router
If I connect at the clients (10 year old NetGear router), where the DSL connection is much faster for a wired laptop - the WiFi on my PB is always much slower
Does this mean that I am getting 'n' at home?
Likewise here. Playbook reports 802.11 a/n at 65MBps and I am using a Linksys E3000 router and its 5GHZ radio.
The problem comes up when people are using an N-Draft router, not an N-Standard router. Many of the older routers were using firmware that came out prior to the N protocol being standardized. As long as you have the newest firmware and it's the standardized protocol then you'll be fine. I use a Cisco N router, connects at 65Mbps and is just as fast as my wireless laptop connection.
The MAXIMUM connection for all mobile devices --- iphone/ipad/android/playbook... --- is going to be 65 mbps for 802.11n as they are single stream clients.
I've never had the connection problem, however, the playbook is much slower than my laptop. Using speedtest.net my laptop achieves 52Mb but the playbook can only manage about 35Mb. Why?
I've never had the connection problem, however, the playbook is much slower than my laptop. Using speedtest.net my laptop achieves 52Mb but the playbook can only manage about 35Mb. Why?
You are actually getting the optimum speed.
Laptop's wifi modules are double stream 802.11n --- "connects" at 130 mbps and then the actual throughput is 50-60% of the "connected" value.
iPhone/iPad/Android phones/Playbook are all single stream 802.11n --- "connects" at 65 mbps and then the actual throughput is 50-60% of the "connected" value.
Unless your internet connection is faster than 54mbps N will not be faster than G. If your using it in a home network for transferring files etc then N will be faster than G.
