I am officially a fan of MIMO
matrushkaka and I are visiting my parents in San Luis Obispo. The last time I was here I installed a regular Linksys WRT-54GS with mixed results. I had to monkey with the antenna position but the signal wouldn't cross two walls between the computer room and the living room. Dad just got a laptop, and last week my brother came out and installed a new Belkin Pre-N MIMO router.
Their ad copy is not kidding. what makes the test even more impressive is that the router is on the wrong side of the house: it has to get through two walls and some cars in the driveway to reach all the way out here. I am officially impressed. If you have signal problems in your house, get a MIMO router.
(I confess that I don't completely understand what MIMO does: whether it simply chooses which antenna to use, or whether it uses constructive interference to "steer" the sensitivity of the array. The normally helpful Wikipedia is not much help.)
Their ad copy is not kidding. what makes the test even more impressive is that the router is on the wrong side of the house: it has to get through two walls and some cars in the driveway to reach all the way out here. I am officially impressed. If you have signal problems in your house, get a MIMO router.
(I confess that I don't completely understand what MIMO does: whether it simply chooses which antenna to use, or whether it uses constructive interference to "steer" the sensitivity of the array. The normally helpful Wikipedia is not much help.)