I hope that someone out there can answer my question. I bought into "N" for faster transfer speeds (especially for backups). However, when I measure my transfer rate it never exceeds 3.6MB\s after working at this for nearly a month. I have tried all forms of security, wireless settings, etc. but this is the best that I can get. Have I been misled about the expectations of "N" or is this realistic? 14x faster; I think not. In all fairness I am using a linksys "N" adapter at this time as I haven't been able to get my DLink card for my laptop yet but I doubt that is going to make much difference. I am connecting at 300mb\s through the wireless from a distance of 3 feet. Is there anyone out there that can provide me an understanding of what I am seeing or a realistic expectation for "N"? I do get 26MB\s when using hard wire through the router so the computer hardware other than the wireless is not the problem.