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From: reptisco on 21 Dec 2009 02:06 What is the best chipset between ralink 3070 and realtek 8187L ?
From: Paul on 21 Dec 2009 08:01 reptisco wrote: > What is the best chipset between ralink 3070 and realtek 8187L ? You need to find customer reviews to decide which one to buy. The following architectural statements don't mean much, unless real people tell you how it works. There are lots of crappy wifi gadgets. ******* RT3070 is 802.11n in a single chip. So the radio is done in CMOS. http://www.ralinktech.com/product.php?s=27 ******* RTL8187L is IEEE 802.11a/b/g, which is a generation previous to 802.11n. Of course, when you mix 802.11n and a/b/g, you might be no further ahead anyway. (Channel spacing might switch to 20MHz, instead of the promised 40MHz of 802.11n.) 802.11n only makes sense if you live on a desert island, and all devices are "n", and none of the units can "sniff" any a/b/g in the neighborhood. http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=1&Level=6&Conn=5&ProdID=36 The RTL8187L uses a second chip. It could be the RTL8225 or RTL8255. http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=25&PFid=4&Level=6&Conn=5&ProdID=46 http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=2&Level=6&Conn=5&ProdID=45 There is a picture of an RTL8187L design here. That is how I got a second part number to work with. You can see the second chip and microwave components are in a shielded can, and the top of the can has been removed. http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/619/dsc00583pb8ra0.jpg Paul
From: kony on 22 Dec 2009 07:59 On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:06:38 +0100, reptisco <reptisco(a)gmail.com> wrote: >What is the best chipset between ralink 3070 and realtek 8187L ? IMO, makes less difference than the antenna, but do you really need "best", and what is "best"? It gets annoying when people do not list the most important parameters of their use so for all we know best might mean it matches the color of your drapes. If best just means highest signal strength, or distance, or cost, or size, then we start to have something to go on. Generaly speaking they are both meant to do the job, either should be fine.
From: reptisco on 22 Dec 2009 18:37 Il 22/12/2009 13:59, kony ha scritto: > On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:06:38 +0100, reptisco > <reptisco(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> What is the best chipset between ralink 3070 and realtek 8187L ? > > IMO, makes less difference than the antenna, but do you > really need "best", and what is "best"? It gets annoying > when people do not list the most important parameters of > their use so for all we know best might mean it matches the > color of your drapes. > > If best just means highest signal strength, or distance, or > cost, or size, then we start to have something to go on. > > Generaly speaking they are both meant to do the job, either > should be fine. Scuse me. "best" means highest signal strength and distance and connection stability
From: Paul on 22 Dec 2009 19:49
reptisco wrote: > Il 22/12/2009 13:59, kony ha scritto: >> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:06:38 +0100, reptisco >> <reptisco(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> What is the best chipset between ralink 3070 and realtek 8187L ? >> >> IMO, makes less difference than the antenna, but do you >> really need "best", and what is "best"? It gets annoying >> when people do not list the most important parameters of >> their use so for all we know best might mean it matches the >> color of your drapes. >> >> If best just means highest signal strength, or distance, or >> cost, or size, then we start to have something to go on. >> >> Generaly speaking they are both meant to do the job, either >> should be fine. > > Scuse me. > "best" means highest signal strength and distance and connection stability Some of these have a 3070 in them. So this isn't really a fair evaluation of the 3070. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16833130111 This one uses RTL8187L. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=33-166-022&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=100&Page=2 I'd say they're roughly the same, using the overall ratings. A few of the 3070 ones die after a year of usage. But they would seem about equal otherwise. Paul |