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Former Member
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Just bought a new lappy which has the term "Wireless LAN b/g" on a sticky label, but cannot find a ref in the handbook....any idea what it means?
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...many thanks...
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Sekerob
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802.11N draft equipment is in the shops, expensive and takes so much energy that i start worrying about being microwaves as it sits at this 2.4 ghz bandwidth. I've set it to only use the G protocol.... more safety features. When passing thru several airports recently their hotspots were happy with just G.
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retsof
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B/G doesn't have N. N is newer. G is the most common in laptops right now.
----------------------------------------I have an N router here but couldn't get a decent connection with a N receiver, even by moving channels around or setting it to G. There's a furnace/ac between the router and the other computer, and the oldest version of Win XP wanted to run things. Now, there's an ethernet wire running down the hallway, which works better for these desktops. It's faster than the wireless, anyway.
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Sekerob
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read some reports where the N clients were being drawn down to the lowest in the net. Even if somebody from outside is tapping in, would the net switch down to the lowest speed.
----------------------------------------For the purpose of this interferences bought an (7)DB amplifier antenna connected with a 1.5mtr wire to the router sitting way up hidden in a plant.  Ever since maximum throttle.
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read some reports where the N clients were being drawn down to the lowest in the net. Even if somebody from outside is tapping in, would the net switch down to the lowest speed. Remember hearing the same thing about the g/b specs a few years back when g was new. If you had a mixed set of 802.11b and g wireless adapters attached to a g router, the router would by default slow down to 11Mbps versus 54Mbps for the g cards. Maybe so the router wouldn't get confused? I have no idea. Never messed with N. I have a gigantic modem/router that Verizon gave me when I ordered their very nice FiOS service (5Mbps down 2 up) which is set to the g standard, and it has plenty of bandwidth for me. I would think the N router would be nice for file transferring/sharing within your home network, but I don't see it speeding up the internet at all. |
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