#Dadsrock Giveaway: Cisco Valet

As you probably can tell, I live on the Internet. Between my Husband and I, we have 2 PCs and 2 Laptops. Our entire house is set up with a wireless network system. For years we had an 802.11g wireless router. This usually worked pretty well for us, but there were times that we would have low signal strength in certain rooms in our house, especially in the basement or the back yard, and more importantly, we often would get signal interference from our cordless house phone (which runs at 2.4GHz). There are also many times that we are both trying to download, upload, or print through the wireless router at the same time.

Most people (myself included) are unfamiliar with the difference between the ‘g’ and ‘n’ wireless protocols (I had to ask my husband). For starters, 802.11g supports a maximum speed of 56Mbps (mega-bits per second). The real problem with G is not that it is slow (56Mbps for wireless isn’t too bad, from what I’m told) but that it shares a wireless band with many common devices that can cause quit a bit of interference. For example, many cell phones, cordless (home) phones, Blue tooth, and microwaves share the 2.4GHz band.

Wireless N uses a multiple input, multiple output technology. Essentially, instead of a device having a single antenna, it creates multiple antennae that are arranged to have maximum transmitting power, and maximum reception. Wireless N also runs at speeds of 130-160Mbps, with a listed maximum of 300Mbps and 802.11n devices can operate on 2.4 or 5GHz bands.

After we installed our new Cisco Valet wireless router, we never had any more lost signals from appliance or phone interference. Additionally, the signal strength from the router has greatly increased and we have definitely noticed an increased speed in uploading and downloading.

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Disclosure: This giveaway is sponsored by Cisco. I received a free Cisco Valet and one to giveaway. All opinions expressed here are 100% mine.

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