On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Arnel Tuazon <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am using the latest Airport Extreme base station. In that case if you are planning are including other (existing) 802.11b or g clients in your wireless network you might want to take the trouble to going with an 802.11n wireless adapter which includes support for using the 5GHz band. By having your n clients use the 5GHz band they'd avoid whatever throughput reductions you'd get by mixing protocols. Using 5GHz also side steps possible interference problems. Range is not as good in the 5GHz band, but that's only a problem if it's a problem ... Of course, the above only is helpful if you're going to be mixing 802.11n with 802.11g or b. If all the clients in wireless network will be 802.11n then it matters less what band you use. (Assuming you have no interference problems ...) -irrational john P.S. If you want to know if a wireless (client) adapter supports 5GHz as well as the more common 2.4GHz, look to see if it supports 802.11a. At least that's the advice I was given. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
