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HOW TO CONNECT 300 mbps WITH ROUTER WIFI N?

Hello, good afternoon. First apologize for my bad English. I am contacting you to discuss a possible problem with Snow Leopard and Airport WIFI N.
I recently purchased a WiFi N 300 Mbps router and when I try to sync my macbook or my imac (the latest version of the model) alone with values of 144 mbps in the Link Speed option in the utility network.
My surprise is when I installed Windows 7 on bootcamp to verify the link speed and get 300 mbps.
Been tested with five or six different n wifi routers and the results are the same. In Windows 7 is all right but not in Snow Leopard.
Why still the same hardware, you get different speeds? Where is the error?
I attached a link where is the evidence of the different tests performed with windows 7 and with snow leopard.
Please ask them a possible solution or, if operating system problem Snow Leopard, this error is resolved with future updates.
The link of test: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U7IPX9P1

Macbook pro 15" - iMac 21", Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Feb 14, 2011 11:02 AM

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Dec 1, 2013 3:10 PM in response to lullabri

I would not pay much attention to those numbers. 300 mbps is a theoretical limit. You will only see 300 mbps with a perfect signal, no interference, no competing clients, no re-sends, etc. Those conditrions never, ever occur in this world. So when Windows tells you it is connecting at 300 mbps, what does it mean? Likely it is simply saying " i connected at N, highest handshake, and my lookup table says that is 300 mbps". Well, it isnt.

I frankly dont know if you have a problem, but I, for example, with 3 routers in my house, all on non-interfering freuencies (1,6,11) get about 15-20 mbps maximum real-wold on G. And to be clear G is a less fragile coding scheme than N.

Finally, i am not aware of N actually reaching 300 mbps in all bands. Even 150 mbps was pushing it in reality. So the answer may be "Apple is telling the truth, or closer to it"

Grant

HOW TO CONNECT 300 mbps WITH ROUTER WIFI N?