adamslim;200223 Wrote: > - There's no point getting an N network as the SB3 uses G. The 54 of G > is fine - I never get any problems at all.
To expand on this a bit, the highest current bitrate you can currently pass to any piece of Slim Devices hardware is 4608 kbps for the case of 24-bit, 96 kHz WAV. (And that's to a Transporter - an SB3 will get SlimServer to downsample to 24/48). Everything else will be smaller. An 802.11g network has real-world speeds of between 15 and 25 Mbps, i.e. -three to five times higher than the highest bitrate you can stream-. So there isn't much point in increased bandwidth. It's just not necessary. Even 802.11b has real-world speeds of about 5 Mbps. This would probably not be enough for 24/96 but should be OK for 24/48 and lower bitrates at reasonable distances. Where the current "pre-N" routers can help is with extreme ranges where distance-reduced bandwidth starts to become a problem and operating in interference-heavy environments. Even so, there's not too much point in Slim Devices/Logitech changing to 802.11n wireless cards because you can take the advantages of increased range and power through the router/AP right now, and it's fully compatible with present 802.11g wireless cards. They may do so simply to say "We're 802.11n!" in the future but it will be only for marketing reasons. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35076 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
