Chart: Draft-2 802.11n Products Are Not Created Equal
In our tests of throughput (in megabits per second) at a distance of 20 feet with different PC Card combos, routers from Buffalo and D-Link, with 3 x 3 antenna arrays, turned in the best times. Click on the icon below to see our chart.
| PC CARD (number of transmitting and receiving antennas) | Router (with model number), price, chip set maker, and number of transmitting and receiving antennas | |||
| Belkin N Wireless Router (F5D8233-4) $90 Ralink, 2x2 | Buffalo AirStation Wireless-N Nfiniti Router (WZR2-G300N) $99 Ralink, 3x3 | D-Link Xtreme N Gigabit Router (DIR-655) $180 Atheros, 3x3 | Netgear RangeMax Next Wireless-N Router (WNR834Bv2) $130 Broadcom, 2x3 | |
| Belkin (2x2) | 6.1 mbps | 5.1 mbps | 27.8 mbps | 7.3 mbps |
| Buffalo (2x3) | 14.5 mbps | 32.7 mbps | 15.2 mbps | 32.7 mbps |
| D-Link (3x3) | 15.2 mbps | 35.5 mbps | 28.4 mbps | 22.8 mbps |
| Netgear (2x2) | 24.1 mbps | 26.1 mbps | 27.8 mbps | 30.4 mbps |
| Chart Notes: Results are based on timed copying of a 53.2MB file from the Public folder on a Mac using Windows Sharing to a Dell Latitude D600 laptop (with XP Pro SP2) using various PC Cards, with WPA2 on, in mixed b/g mode. Results represent the average of three iterations. | ||||
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