I had Verizon fiberoptic internet service installed in my home 2 months ago and I noticed the Verizon modem/router uses 802.11b and 802.11g for its wireless connection, but not 802.11n. I use only the 802.11g band for my Wi-Fi connection to my notebook PC and the speed seems very good, but I'm curious--is 802.11n expected to supersede 802.11b/g for Wi-Fi and wireless internet broadcasting eventually and, if so, when is this expected to occur? The Wi-Fi card in my PC (Dell XPS M1330) does not transmit on 802.11n, so I expect I will have to upgrade the card when 802.11n is the new standard.
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No. 'n' cards and routers have backwards compatibility with 'g' so you're unlikely to have any problems for the forseeable future.
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b/g is 2.5 ghz while n si 5ghz, most routers I've seen can't simultanously work b/g/n it's either b/g or n so it's not woth geting n unless all your devices are n capapble.
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certain N is 5ghz.
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jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso
N can also give you higher bandwidth to take advantage of your fast internet connection.
Our internet connection speed is approaching the limits of what wireless G can offer in terms of bandwidth. With my cable broadband internet, my wireless G router always limits my download speed to around 20-25mbps download speed. Getting an wireless N with a computer which receives wirless N signals will improve your download and upload speed. -
CyberVisions Martian Notebook Overlord
Wireless A is 5ghz, B & G are 2.4ghz.
All N routers broadcast on the 2.4ghz and 5ghz frequencies. However, only Dual-Band N Routers have the capability of accessing the 5ghz band as a separate network. Single band N Routers use an overlapping of the 2 frequencies to increase signal and range, also known as Multiple In, Multiple Out (MIMO) technology.
802.11n wireless - basic question from a PC novice
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by paradoxguy, Aug 16, 2009.