Wireless Reviews

Wireless Performance - 2.4 GHz Two Stream

For competitive comparison, I again chose the D-Link DIR-665 and TRENDnet TEW-692GR. Figure 2 shows the wireless Performance Table for 2.4 GHz. The abnormally low Location A downlink throughputs are gone. But some of the Location D uplink results are lower than before. You can bring up the original review table to compare if you like.

Figure 2: Wireless performance table - 2.4 GHz, 2 stream - retest

Figure 3's IxChariot plots summary clearly shows no sign of the very unstable caused by the third-antennaless Intel 5300. But I've seen other products with lower variation and fewer large throughput dropouts.

Figure 3: NETGEAR WNDR4500 IxChariot plot summary - 2.4 GHz, 20 MHz mode, downlink, 2 stream - retest

Here are links to the other plots for your reference.

• 2.4 GHz / 20 MHz uplink
• 2.4 GHz / 20 MHz up and downlink
• 2.4 GHz / 40 MHz downlink
• 2.4 GHz / 40 MHz uplink
• 2.4 GHz / 40 MHz up and downlink