Yes, that's my understanding too. In fact, the various literature I've read on MIMO would seem to suggest that existing b/g devices would even experience an _increase_ in performance with a MIMO router. If I've got it right, it'd seem that the increased signal strength and range of the MIMO router is kind of like "moving the b/g device nearer to the router" (even though the devices remain in the same location), hence the increase in performance.
I've been doing some digging on this, and I never realised until recently just how much the performance of b/g devices drops even over short distances. It seems that the performance drop is almost exponential as distance between b/g NIC and b/g router/access point increases (!) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mattybain Sent: 17 November 2005 10:41 To: [email protected] Subject: [slim] Re: Netgear 85 Mbps Wall-Plugged Ethernet Switch This device from Belkin (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=178491) would appear to work on Cable. I am on NTL as well and am also keen for a higher throughput network. My understanding is that with a MIMO network b and g devices can connect with no loss of speed for the other devices connecting at higher speeds. Is this correct as this would be critical to it being useful for me. -- mattybain _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
