Good Wireless N USB dongle

[deejayburnout]

Peeps

My stupid dog has decided to chew through yet another 50m network cable and i have lost my wired connection and had to revert to my backup USB dongle and TBH it is pants. i am thinking if i get a good quality USB dongle, i can get rid of my wired connection and stop that damn dog eating more of my stuff.

i need a new USB dongle.

my setup is as follows.

Router > Asus RT N56U

USB Dongle > Belkin F5D8053 V4

My ISP is Plusnet and i have a steady 78MB down and 19MB up.

At present with the USB connection i get as below. My PC is about 4 meters away from the router which is inside a cupboard.



i am looking for a new USB dongle that will give me full 78MB down. i have also noticed that when downloading on the Belkin dongle, it cannot handle the full download speed. After a little while, the connection drops.

Does anyone have any recommendations.

Thanks

[spacein_vader]

Peeps

My stupid dog has decided to chew through yet another 50m network cable and i have lost my wired connection and had to revert to my backup USB dongle and TBH it is pants. i am thinking if i get a good quality USB dongle, i can get rid of my wired connection and stop that damn dog eating more of my stuff.

i need a new USB dongle.

my setup is as follows.

Router > Asus RT N56U

USB Dongle > Belkin F5D8053 V4

My ISP is Plusnet and i have a steady 78MB down and 19MB up.

At present with the USB connection i get as below. My PC is about 4 meters away from the router which is inside a cupboard.



i am looking for a new USB dongle that will give me full 78MB down. i have also noticed that when downloading on the Belkin dongle, it cannot handle the full download speed. After a little while, the connection drops.

Does anyone have any recommendations.

Thanks

Either do a better job of running the cable so he can't get at it or get rid of the dog.

[AETAaAS]

While I can't point you in the direction of a unit I've tried, I will say avoid the tiny nub adapters. I've got a TPLink WN725N, and my router is about 5 meters away through 2 thin walls (albeit being the unimpressive Technicolor router they send as standard). It fluctuates between 39 and 52mbps (usually see the high 30s on speed tests, and I have the same Plusnet fibre connection as you do), so I use the wireless adapter on my motherboard most of the time.

A standard length or one with an antenna integrated probably has better reception, so I'd look in that direction.

[deejayburnout]

Lol.

True.

The cable was clipped direct above the skirting board and nice and tidy (cos my wife wouldn't have it any other way) and she is still a puppy and chewing everything. I though it was fine but obviously not.

I wish I could get rid of her but the kids have became quite attached to her.

Little git that she is.

[Bagnaj97]

I bought one o' these t'other day and speedtest.net says I get my full 71/18 internets through it - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00TEYAN2S
The N600 version on that page should do the job, but there's no harm in futureproofing a bit with the AC1200 version. Especially for the small price difference.

Also make sure you're using the 5GHz band rather than 2.4GHz - there's much less interference.

[MrRockliffe]

How about running powerline adapters?

[Biscuit]

How about running powerline adapters?

That would be my advice also. Devolo ones are brilliant.

[deejayburnout]

I thought about power line adaptors but my only available sockets for both adaptors are 4 ways.

I did read somewhere ( not here) that it is not good to connect to 4 ways. not sure why as its all the same connection.

Do you think this would be ok?

[Biscuit]

I thought about power line adaptors but my only available sockets for both adaptors are 4 ways.

I did read somewhere ( not here) that it is not good to connect to 4 ways. not sure why as its all the same connection.

Do you think this would be ok?

Surge protected multiways can cause problems apparently but I haven't heard of anything else like that. The devolo ones I have (which were pretty pricey) have passthrough, and they recommend connecting the router into either a 4 way that goes through the device or straight into the pass through.
If your household wiring is decent and you don't mind the premium for a reputable brand then its the next best thing to dedicated CAT5/6 wires.

Mine ping to the router at between 1-2ms and I can transfer off my ageing gen1 micro server server between 20-30MBps usually. Devolo software SAYS that the connection is 800Mbps, but... I don't think it is.