toby10;533258 Wrote: > Correct, N still not needed. > I can stream full WAV's to three wireless SB players using a G router > without a hiccup. > > I think where N might be a benefit to G devices (like SB players) is if > you have spotty G WiFi (interference, long distance to players, etc..). > But if your G WiFi is strong and doesn't suffer from such issues then > you would never know the difference between G or N.
The ability of .11n to work reliably over long distances and use spatial diversity to overcome interference is a very material point. Additionally, dual band operation provides a significant boost to the number of free channels you can use to escape the overcrowded 2.4GHz band. Consider how many posts have been made to this forum on issues of drop-outs and stuttering that turned out to be wireless related. In my opinion, .11n is not needed for speed but it is needed for robustness. Or, I should say use of .11n is -one- way to obtain robustness. Another approach would be to use technologies like SMSC's KLEER or Sonos' proprietary SonosNet, which use various technical approaches that are better suited to the QoS requirements of an audio link than is standard wireless LAN in an overcrowded ISM band. I realize there are reasons for being ideologically opposed to using proprietary networking. These days, the best standardized technology for that would be dual-band 802.11n with at least 2 spatial streams, even though it is extreme overkill in terms of bandwidth for audio applications. Fortunately, we get to reuse that network for many other things as well (video streaming, downloading the latest Ubuntu 10.04 ISO images to our laptops etc etc). A final point on market adoption: 802.11n represented more than 19 percent of all WLAN access point shipments in the first three quarters of 2009. Those early adopter geeks seem to have quite some purchasing power... http://www.abiresearch.com/press/1584-Consumer+802.11n+Wi-Fi+Access+Point+Shipments+Forecast+to+Exceed+32+Million+in+2010 -- dsdreamer ---------------------- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12588 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77155 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
