{"id":29052,"date":"2012-08-06T15:15:06","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T21:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/playing-around-with-wireless-n.html"},"modified":"2012-08-14T09:30:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T15:30:08","slug":"playing-around-with-wireless-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/playing-around-with-wireless-n.html","title":{"rendered":"Playing around with Wireless N"},"content":{"rendered":"

So we picked up a new wireless router, a Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Router. \u00a0As I understand it, it's got both 2.4GHz B\/G\/N and 5.0GHz A\/N capabilities, both going at the same time …<\/p>\n

Which I thought would be what we'd need to get some of those lovely 802.11 N speeds, woo-hoo. Except that, it seems maybe not. \u00a0<\/p>\n

It seems that all of our home PC equipment, including the N-capable stuff, only runs at 2.4GHz. And since not all our how wifi equipment is N-capable (our printer is B\/G), it's dropping down to lower speeds. \u00a0<\/p>\n

So my laptop is going along at 65Mbps, as is Margie's desktop. My work laptop is at 72-117Mbps. Kay's laptop is going at 144Mbps. \u00a0So they may be talking with the N protocol, but, it seems, dropped down, probably because of the backward\u00a0compatibility\u00a0for the printer. (Our Android devices all seem to do N just fine.)<\/p>\n

In theory, I could look at replacement cards for one or more of the machines, that might let them hook up to the 5.0GHz band. But it's not clear how well that could\/would work with the laptops (if the antenna is tuned to 2.4Gz).<\/p>\n

External USB 802.11N adapters all seem to run on 2.4GHz.<\/p>\n

If we could get the printer on N, that might work — but I'm not sure what capabilities we'd lose changing it from its internal Wifi setup (e.g., its scan-to-PC capability.<\/p>\n

Actually, I'd just like to know why Margie and my connections are just at 65Mbps …<\/p>\n

So, all you home networking gurus out there — are you laughing uproariously at my feeble understanding of the vagaries of Wifi? \u00a0Any brilliant suggestions I've overlooked?<\/p>\n

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So we picked up a new wireless router, a Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Router. \u00a0As I understand it, it's got both 2.4GHz B\/G\/N and 5.0GHz A\/N capabilities, both going at the same time … Which I thought would be what we'd need to get some of those lovely 802.11 N speeds, woo-hoo. 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