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N spec is better than G spec, but N is also not finalized. How to turn off pop up blocker for chrome on mac. They still call it 802.11n 'draft'. This means that if there are any major changes to the spec, however unlikely that may be, N spec equipment that you buy now may not be fully compatible with future N spec equipment. That aside, G is plenty for gaming. That's what my cheapo Belkin is. Here's a basic comparison chart on Wiki, showing average and max speeds and indoor and outdoor ranges.

You can see that G maxes out at 54Mb but 'typical' is quite a bit less. My Internet connection is a sad 3Mb DSL, so no slowdown there. We'll see how I feel about the ol' G router when I get 20Mb or 50Mb FiOS. Yeah thanks guys this has really been pretty helpful for me too even though I'm a newbie and need a little bit more advice.

I bought an xbox a couple weeks ago and my crap belkin router doesn't support gaming, it lags and just flat out sucks. I've been looking around for a router and I found this site and I'm considering the netgear ac 1780 (I think that's what it is) because I've read pretty good reviews but I've heard their tech support sucks, but who's doesn't? Because belkins definitely does too. Anyways, I'm open to suggestions and any help would be great! Billorr444 reported.

Really as long as you're not buying a cheap, cheap router, with a bad name, most will be just fine. Games do not take all that much to play. I have an N router running a laptop wirelessly, gaming PC wirelessly, 2 360's wirelessly, 2 PS3's wirelessly, and a gaming PC wired. I don't even get a bit of slowdown. It's more dependant on your ISP connection lundy86_4 I agRee with this.

I have a Motorola SBG6580 (wirelessN) and it does fine. With my kids either on their 360s, or their pcs, my wife streaming a movie on her iPad, or tv, and me online at the same time, we still stay at around 25-35mbps. So, in short, you need to have an N router for a smooth online gaming experience? Or will a G suffice? Mart_n This depends on how many people with a G router are near you and the speed of your internet. Without making this too confusing, wireless routers uses channels to send their frequencies over air.

G routers use the 2.4 Ghz frequency. They have 11 channels.

Now to keep one router from interferring with another router they need to use different channels within the area they broadcast their signals. Which means if two router using the same channel and are near each other so that their zones overlap, will have their signals interfere with each other. You also don't just use one channel.

The router will use up 3 consecutive channels within those 11 channels. So if you configure your wireless router to use channel 6 it will use (5,6 and 7). If you pick channel 9 it will use (8, 9 and 10). If you pick a number near the end or begining like channel 1 it will use (1, 2 and 3). So since a router will use 3 channels and there only 11 channels to choose from there can only be up to 3 routers that have zones that over lap without interfereing with one another. Standard practice says you only select channel 1, 6 or 11.

Most routers come set to use channel 6 by default. G routers also have a max bandwidth of 54 Mbps and gets lower the farther away you are from the wireless router. Now N Routers have another 8 or 9 channels in the 5 Ghz frequency. They have a max bandwidth of 300 Mps. Though one draw back is the 5 Ghz band is shorter so you have less range then G.

So though you can get a max of 300 mps you need to be fairly close to the wireless N router to get that speed. The best advantage it has are the channels. Since most of your neighbors will be using G it will be rare to be using a overlapping channel with a neighbor. You can use a program like inssider to see what channels your neighbors are using. If you have 15 other routers near you using up all the channels in G then yes you're better off with a N router. Also, if your computer is near your wireless router and you are paying for a alot of bandwidth then a N router would also be better.

If you have the standard 15 Mbps down and you have just one neighbor using the same channels that your router is using then I would say no. It's not worth upgrading to a N router. [QUOTE='FelipeInside'][QUOTE='mitu123'] Yeah I learned that the hard way! Kraken2109 Wireless Gaming is fine for most games. It's ones like Call of Duty and FIFA where cable is better. COD is p2p anyway so ping tends to be high.