I am goign to buy a new laptop and I saw they had a Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN wifi card. I was told it was a N card and I wanted to know if it will connect with a linksys rangeplus router. Also is N really fast? or is it just slightly faster then g?
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if you router doesn't have N it will just connect to the router over what ever mode it offers (g, b, etc). Whats you router's model number?
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paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube
N gives you better speed (usually useful for home networking file transfers) and range...
but all your devices need to support N... otherwise the router will fallback to the lowest speed device... (wireless N on a g network will get a little boost, but not really that great) -
Mine is a G rangeplus
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It's only really useful if you're streaming things within your household, or you're outside the range of your current router.
Also in response to what Paper Wastage said, not all the devices need to work on the N standard. I have yet to find an N router that does not have a mixed (B/G/N) or (G/N) mode. This is because wireless-N is still a DRAFT specification - it's not 100% yet. So if it has issues you can always fall back to G.
Will a N card connect with a linksys range plus router?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by 4fingers97, Jul 4, 2009.