A friend and I ran an update on a game at the same time from the same network using a wireless N router. I am using an internal wireless N adapter in a 250gb slim 360 while he was using an external wireless G adapter on a Elite 360 model. His update download took several seconds while mine took several minutes.
Now this doesn't make much sense and goes to validate the issues I've been having with my console's adapter concerning downloads, multiplayer, and streaming videos. Wireless N adapter to N router should provide a stronger and faster connection than G to N, if not faster than at least equal, not slower.
I went on to further test the two adapters by disconnecting and reconnecting using the wireless G adapter and doing downloads of demos. Within 10 minutes the G adapter downloaded more and faster than in comparison to the wireless N. About 10% within 10 minutes for G while N was about 2% in the same amount of time. I also attempted streaming videos on xbox live and as usual the N adapter buffered every two minues or so while the G adapter only buffered two during the length of the video and the buffer times were much shorter.
So I was wondering what the opinions of others were on the situation and if anyone else has been encountering connection issues concerning the N adapters in the slim 360s.
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