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| Thread ID: 82909 | 2007-09-13 01:08:00 | Anyone using Draft-N Wi-Fi gear? | Chemical Ali (118) | Press F1 |
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| 590682 | 2007-09-13 01:08:00 | I've been considering the possibility of 'upgrading' my current mixed ethernet/802.11g home network to a solely draft-N setup given the 'generous' claims being made about draft-N's performance speeds in vendors' product documentation as well as the odd review that I've read. I was just wandering if there are any people out there actively using Draft-N devices and what their 'real life' experiencs are. I have a mix of PCs, laptops, game consoles (Xbox & Xbox 360) and digital media adaptors (MediaGate MG-350HD) sitting on my network. Thanks |
Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 590683 | 2007-09-13 03:43:00 | Just as an interesting aside -- about an hour after I posted this thread starter this thread URL was showing up in a google search that I was doing with Draft-N as the subject search. I was most impressed! |
Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 590684 | 2007-09-13 03:49:00 | Yep, Google's good!! :p About the Wireless N though, at this point in time it wouldn't be cost effective at all, im not sure it would even be possible to get all those devices on N. in saying that, though, I havn't used it, and don't know the real world benefits. (correct me if i'm wrong here) AFAIK there isn't really a Wireless N Standard at this point in time, eg. Belkin has their standard, Cnet has theirs, etc etc, so not everything is compatible either, you'd have to go with the same brand for all the stuff. Maybe wait till next year? :lol: |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 590685 | 2007-09-13 04:00:00 | There's a draft 2.0 standard which all vendors are building to now and the final standard is expected to be ratified in 2008 leaving it till 2009 for consumer equipment. Apparently the 2.0 draft spec is pretty well developed though and is okay to go with in a network environment at SOHO level. Yep, I appreciate that some of my networked devices such as the game consoles and the MediaGate MG-350HD wont be upogradable to draft-n. |
Chemical Ali (118) | ||
| 590686 | 2007-09-13 04:14:00 | Sounds like you know more about it than me! :lol: Maybe see if someone who actually knows about it can comment.. :p |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 590687 | 2007-09-13 04:43:00 | Draft-N which has been fully ratified is ready to be used. The only reason that its still in a Draft stage is because there is still some testing in terms of security and big organisations to be done. At home and smaller businesses, it would be well worth it to upgrade for the increase in speed, reliance and performance would be marked. There are no issues as long as the devices using the connection can handle a/b/g/n. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 590688 | 2007-09-13 05:18:00 | We're using an 802.11n Airport Extreme base station with two 802.11n MacBook Pros and an iMac connected via ethernet. The extra speed is definitely worth the money (you basically don't notice it is wireless now), not to mention the extra range means the entire house is covered at reasonable signal strength. Make sure you get a base station that supports 5GHz frequencies to get maximum benefit from 802.11n though. | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 590689 | 2007-09-13 05:58:00 | I got Linksys Pre N wireless, works great speed is not to dis-similar to wired network. Had problems at first but updated the firmware to the newest and all was sweet. WPC4400N Notebook Adapter and WRVS4400N v1.0 Wireless Router VPN combo. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 590690 | 2007-09-13 06:01:00 | I'm also using N, imac running N and router running N. Old imac still G. I thought the network would only run as fast as the slowest component eg. if you have a mostly N network then introduce a g or b device the network would drop down to that speed. But not sure | plod (107) | ||
| 590691 | 2007-09-13 08:39:00 | Cheers guys! Thta's the sort of feedback I've been looking for -- was aware of the desirability of getting a router operating in the 5GHz spectrum but wasnt sure if they were available at the current time. Sounds like they are though. I assume I'm correct in thinking that there's no way I can get my game consoles, digital media adaptors running as draft-n devices given their hardware design incorporates 802.11g capability/support?? |
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