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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
include a camera tripod for aiming, which wouldn't have enhanced their bedroom
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I knew a couple who had a camera tripod in their bedroom-complete with video camera. Not friends, fortunately-they were busted after they started selling their videos.
Anyway, one thing to remember about 802.11n is that it comes in various 'flavors' but you usually only get one. I upgraded to a dual-band 802.11n 300Mbps router-and saw no improvement except on one laptop. Investigation revealed that that laptop had 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi. The others have the much more common 802.11b/g/n.
Right now my thought is that the 2.4GHz band is congested in my neighborhood-but it'll take buying a $100US gadget to prove it. Apps don't do the job because WiFi cards ignore non-WiFi signals. There are loads of non-WiFi signals congesting the 2.4GHz bandwidth from garage door openers, cordless phones, wireless thermometers, etc. Even, supposedly, microwaves. (Microwaves do operate at 2.4GHz but they're supposed to be shielded to keep all that inside. Note the 'supposed to be' qualification there.)
Anyway, I'm not sure what good that'll do on a tablet. It's probably like my laptops but worse-all I can do is make sure that when I replace them I get one with the a/b/g/n WiFi.