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Old 15-08-2006, 08:07   #1
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Any benfit to getting a MIMO wi-fi card?
was looking at the edimax wireless cards (because they work on xp64)

now i can get

Edimax 802.11g 54Mbps PCI card (EW-7128G) £12.79 inc vat

MIMO-XR 54Mbps PCI Card EW-7628IG £17.39 inc vat


both say 54mbits 802.11G compatable.


Atm my pc is on a wired lan at home but im hoping to move out of parents place soon and where I think im going to be there won't be a wired connection, wireless router will most likely end up downstairs and my pc will be upstairs (and no i don't know which router will be used yet)


aren't MIMO cards supposed to get a better signal or something? but is there any benfit if just connecting to an 802.11G network, the router at my parents house is a preN belkin mimo router but then i connect the desktop to that via wired cat5.
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Re: Any benfit to getting a MIMO wi-fi card?
Mimo cards have an extended range with a compatible router.
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Re: Any benfit to getting a MIMO wi-fi card?
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Mimo cards have an extended range with a compatible router.
thats what i thought, at home there is a MIMO router but if/when i move there might not be.

mind you £17 for a mino card doesn't seem bad.


anyone got a review it does worry me slightly that no customer reviews and its listed as clearance

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...ationKey=11175
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Re: Any benfit to getting a MIMO wi-fi card?
I'd get it to be honest, It'll run with a normal router anyway
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