routers with no ext antenna

I'm looking at buying a Netgear WNR8542 RangeMax Next Router to replace
an old Edimax.

My Edimax has an external antenna which I replaced with a better one.

How do the latest Rangemax routers and similar types with no external
antennas have such improved range/coverage?

Thanks

Clive

Is it the tech you want, or that awesome blue crystal-on-white design
you're after Clive?? I reckon this must be fairly common, but in my
street I can see a LOT of wireless n/w;s and most of them are default
name NETGEAR and default password password....or 0 security. So I
think the range is good, but perhaps its too omni-directional? Not
really answering your question, but its late here - I am very annoyed
at Netgear, tomorrow I have to return the SC101 storage central (which
is running of my 646) because a) it only works with XP SP2 and 2K
SP4....I need to run Mandriva, Win98 & OSX too. My cousin bought it -
can anyone tell me a better way to share files within a home network?
I think the SC101 is more for set number of PC's all running XP. They
wont even support a Vista driver until mid next year
dwiz

Clive wrote:
> I'm looking at buying a Netgear WNR8542 RangeMax Next Router to replace
> an old Edimax.
>
> My Edimax has an external antenna which I replaced with a better one.
>
> How do the latest Rangemax routers and similar types with no external
> antennas have such improved range/coverage?
>
> Thanks
>
> Clive

Dwiz wrote:

> Is it the tech you want, or that awesome blue crystal-on-white design
> you're after Clive?? I reckon this must be fairly common, but in my
> street I can see a LOT of wireless n/w;s and most of them are default
> name NETGEAR and default password password....or 0 security. So I
> think the range is good, but perhaps its too omni-directional? Not
> really answering your question, but its late here - I am very annoyed
> at Netgear, tomorrow I have to return the SC101 storage central (which
> is running of my 646) because a) it only works with XP SP2 and 2K
> SP4....I need to run Mandriva, Win98 & OSX too. My cousin bought it -
> can anyone tell me a better way to share files within a home network?
> I think the SC101 is more for set number of PC's all running XP. They
> wont even support a Vista driver until mid next year
> dwiz
>

I dumped my SC101 several months ago - despite firmware updates it's
still too slow.

My systems are XP Pro SP2 (fully patched with latest updates)

The SC101 is great value, but for anything other than small file it's
usless.

Clive

"Clive" <clive@clivesinclair.com> hath wroth:

>I'm looking at buying a Netgear WNR8542 RangeMax Next Router to replace
>an old Edimax.

I think you mean a WNR854T.

>My Edimax has an external antenna which I replaced with a better one.
>How do the latest Rangemax routers and similar types with no external
>antennas have such improved range/coverage?

Here's how beam forming works:
<http://www.ruckuswireless.com/technology/beamflex.php>
You can also request a white paper on how it works:
<http://www.ruckuswireless.com/technology/whitepapers/80211n/>
or watch the video clip. The antenna is an internal circuit board
with about 7 directional antennas. The processor phases these
antennas so that it generates peaks in the desired direction, and
nulls in the direction of interference. It does NOT work standing up
as Netgear has it pictured in all their advertising.

Here's how the various MIMO router compare:
<http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/mimo_face/>
(15 pages). The WNR854T is too new to appear in this review.

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