snarlydwarf;476226 Wrote: > The advantage to N isn't the dualbandness (which won't help your 2.4GHz > 'g' devices anyway). The advantage is MIMO, which increases range, even > if only one side of the transmit/receive pair is using it. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMO
Thank you for the link. I quickly looked it over and saw enough to know it is mostly over my head. I'm sure if I took the time to really try understand it, I might comprehend a little more of it. So, in plain language, does adding a dual band router improve the speed, coverage, or data transfer capabilities for devices that use only G? As I understood it, the N portion operates on the 5Ghz band, which relies on shorter wave lengths to transfer more data quicker. The drawback is that since the waves are shorter, they do not travel as far as 2.4Ghz waves. So if you are operating in a close-in area (router and device being relatively close) you could transfer data quicker than with the G band (all other things being equal). The further away you get from the router, the less efficient the short waves get and you lose the advantage you had. To compound the problem, I've read about the limit on how much energy the N routers are allowed to put out due to government regulations. In my situation, since everything I own is G, is there something to gain by purchasing and installing a dual band router? I am definitely not an expert in this subject so I am open to suggestions. I just thought the dual band router would only help me if I had N devices to run on it. Taking it one step further, if individuals that own dual band routers see a decrease in their G coverage using the dual band router, wouldn't this only compound the problem in my house? Please correct me if I am wrong in my rational. -- rrweather ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rrweather's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33706 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70176 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
