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8/18/12 at 11:07pm
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Would that help? Like say I got this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166034

Would that help at all, or do I still need to get a router and/or network card?
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8/19/12 at 12:20pm
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Only if you hooked up with a wire ... ?
The thing you linked has no wireless on it, so if you're gaming with wireless it won't have any effect ... because nothing with the wireless will have changed.

To show the difference between routers and configurations, I hooked up my DIR-655 (2.4GHz) and DGL-4500 (5GHz) on my new network to find that the 50+ meg internet came in at over 50+ megs on the DGL-4500 (higher quality, more expensive, less used frequency) and didn't come in at more than 25 megs on the DIR-655 on the 2.4GHz wireless.

If you have a very noisy wireless environment, this might be futzing with your network as well. A new router is still the fix for that, just make sure it is simultaneous dual-band capable (2.4 and 5 ghz at the same time is dual-band). If your NICs support 5GHz, then you can run your network at 5GHz for the PCs and you might find a marked difference in performance and response there as well.
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8/19/12 at 11:06pm
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So what's that network switch do? I mean, I could hook an ethernet into the switch from my computer, and then wouldn't that switch connect to the network?

Also, is the router that you recommended earlier in the forum dual-band capable?
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So what's that network switch do? I mean, I could hook an ethernet into the switch from my computer, and then wouldn't that switch connect to the network?
An unmanaged network switch is extremely simple. Imagine a power strip, same general concept except instead of electricity it's data. Network switches are the glue that bind networks together.
Routers, on the other hand, are just managed (meaning you can manipulate the data flow with firmware and do other things like firewalling, dhcp, i.p. assignment) switches with wireless radios in them.
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Also, is the router that you recommended earlier in the forum dual-band capable?

Not dual-band, no. You'd be looking for something more along these lines.
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8/20/12 at 7:36pm
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Thaaaat's

A lot of money

I think I'll be good without dual band lol At least financially xD

So, pretty much, my best course of action is: Get the previously recommended router (not the dual band one), maybe a new network card, hook up router, set priorities so gaming is above streaming, profit

Correct? Lol
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