What's the meaning of 'enables two streams of wireless access available to your PC?

Question

Hi! I considered to buy an USB Wireless LAN adapter, I considered the Netgear one. I have two to consider: WG111T or WG111U, because they says that WG111U is 'Receive 2x the range of 802.11g
on the first network, but then also access the second 108 Mbps network, which is free from
interference by other wireless devices in the vicinity..' What does it mean? Of course the WG111U is more expensive (Sin $50) than the WG111T. Is it mean that I can connect two network at one time? Will it affect some kind of multiplayer game like FS2004, I mean, double connection will be faster? Thank You for your answer!

Answer 1

It's marketspeak.

Range refers to how far you can be away from it and speed is, well, speed.

I should note that you should probably avoid a USB one...a PCI or PCMCIA would be better.

Also, if you want to do multiplayer gaming, you really shouldn't use wireless. Wires are cheap and much faster and MUCH more secure.

Answer 2

What that other guy said.
Usually your connection speed is limited by your isp.

Twice the range is not twice the speed. And 'free from intereference' is just a way of saying that because your modem runs on a certain band it won't pick up your mobile phone or radio stations. The reason why wifi works is because they use different bands for different devices, these are 'standard' like tv station broadcasts... one station is like your mobile phone... another is like your modem.

The speed may seem faster, but wifi can be very unrealiable at times, which makes it particularly unsuitable for gaming. The wifi protocol is also dramatically insecure and even when set up properly your connection will constantly be hanging in the air just *waiting* for someone to hack it from a nearby car or apartment. I cannot stress enough how *easy* it will be for someone to use your connection to download stuff or access your computer or whatever, all without you knowing it.

Usually connection speed will not affect your multiplayer experience so long as it is sufficient and constant. Most multiplayer games rely on your computer's hardware than bandwidth, and you will not be likely to notice much difference in game speed if your connection is faster. This can be different for some games that require gamers to run their own game servers, instead of running a central server farm for all users. But again... depends on the game. Most successful multiplayer games are designed with 'average' broadband speeds in mind. I run 1.5mbit adsl and have never had a problem with multiplayer games, and I consider that to be pretty slow these days.

If ADSL2 or a similar land service is available in your area you should opt with that instead of wifi.