Wireless B/G/N ?

CharlieBilly

N is better but as said not that important for browsing/downloading unless you copy large files across a network. N router is backwards compatible so B/G devices should work fine

Duel band isnt needed routers of these tend to me a lot more pricey

BillScarab

Taffybiker wrote: »

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Originally Posted by BillScarab
Bear in mind it's not really that important as even G is 54mbps and your broadband will be a lot slower than that so you won't see faster browsing with N.

Very true Bill, but transfer between computers on a home network will see the difference.

Validpoint but it depends whther they have a home network and whether other devices ar N or G as the network will operate at the speed of the slowest device.

As I said I agree that it would be wise to buy one with N for future proofing.

savemoney

I have mixed mode wireless n network thanks to wii and laptop using wireless g and network doesn't suffer much impact at all

espresso

savemoney wrote: »

I have mixed mode wireless n network thanks to wii and laptop using wireless g and network doesn't suffer much impact at all

Surely what you are really saying is that wireless n does not actually give you any significant improvement due to the slower devices being connected?

savemoney

It doesn't have much effect on my network I regularly copy large files over from one pc to another will little or no performance lose certainly not noticeable to me anyway

BillScarab

CharlieBilly wrote: »

N is better but as said not that important for browsing/downloading unless you copy large files across a network. N router is backwards compatible so B/G devices should work fine

Duel band isnt needed routers of these tend to me a lot more pricey

It's needed if you want to get maximum speed through channel bonding. For most people though I agree it's not necessary.

waterman3

I'm looking at a laptop at the moment and in the spec it says -


Data Link Protocol

Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft)


Compliant Standards -

IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft)


I really want want a laptop with "n" but not sure what the "draft" means. Just wondered if anyone knew?

thanks

smjxm09

So why has no one mentioned range? If you have a N type router like the BT homehub your wireless range is greatly increased if you have an N type laptop

debitcardmayhem

waterman3 wrote: »

I'm looking at a laptop at the moment and in the spec it says -


Data Link Protocol

Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft)


Compliant Standards -

IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft)


I really want want a laptop with "n" but not sure what the "draft" means. Just wondered if anyone knew?

thanks

Draft / Pre N are called that because the IEEE N variant was a long time in being ratified. If it is Draft/Pre N then it should be ok with N routers and will probably get a full N version via driver upload(if necessary).

ormus

you would need to be copying very large files across the network for it to make any difference. the G standard is perfectly adequate.
i doubt most (99.9%) would ever notice in a domestic setting.