Well I feel like an idiot. They say it takes a "real man to admit his mistakes." I moved my time capsule to the hallway where our router is. I plugged it in just to see how weak the signal is from upstairs to downstairs. In the process of messing around with the settings on the time capsule, I see that it is set to transmit in N mode. So I begin to wonder if it has been capable this whole time. I then do a quick google search and find the apple page that discusses how to determine if your macbook pro can use N. Sure as hell, I check my connectivity to the time capsule and I am connected at 130 Mbit/S. So I feel like a total tool because for the last year, I could have had that thing setup and giving me N speeds instead of messing around with the other routers. To make matters worse, the time capsule is in the exact same location as our linksys router (they are sitting next to one another) and the signal on the time capsule is better downstairs than the linksys signal. Neither are great but the time capsule is definitely better.
The only drawbacks I can see so far is the time capsule is only single band. I found the settings and I have to pick between 2.4 and 5Ghz. I can't have both at once. From what I can tell about my neighbor's networks, they are all on 2.4Ghz. If I put the time capsule into N only mode (5Ghz), my connection speed goes up to 300 Mbit/S. So I can either keep the time capsule setup for my computer only (5Ghz) and leave the old router in place for my fiance's computer or keep it in 2.4Ghz mode so her computer can use it. Her computer is a dying Toshiba that barely uses G so there is no reason to make the time capsule accessible by her computer. The other drawback is the Ethernet Ports on the back of the time capsule are not gigabit. So, that being said, I think I am going to spring for the airport extreme. It is simultaneous dual band and it offers gigabit ethernet on the back. This will be useful once I set up the media server. The fact that I am having success with the time capsule leads me to think I will have success with the airport extreme since they are almost identical (minus a hard drive). I am going to the store today to see what they offer for powerline adapters. I will also see if the base exchange has any airport expresses. I'd love to be able to get all of it tax free. If not, amazon will send it to me with free shipping and tax free. Thanks for all the help. I would still be sitting around bitch about my network had it not been for the people that responded here! -- 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
