At 11:49 AM 11/09/2007, Wayne Johnson wrote:
At 09:32 09-11-2007, Thane Sherrington typed:
Will an 802.11n router give greater range with 802.11g cards, or do
the cards have to been N has well?
Sorry but N cards are also required but the router will fall back to
G or B as req'd/
According
Aren't there also antenna improvements with the pre-N
routers that benefit non-N
clients?
Lack of good antennas on the NIC's are the biggest
drawback combined with low
power output IMO. Now with 3rd party firmware it's
possible to increase WAP
transmit power but that will not help the weakest
I've been using an Apple Airport Extreme with both n cards and g
cards. The n cards connect in places where the g cards cannot and the
g cards are noticeably better than with a g router.
The Airport is expensive but highly recommended, especially since the
latest refresh added gigabit ethernet
