On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 09:23, Robert West <[email protected]>wrote:
> Yeah, you can now go buy a Linksys at wal-mart that is both 2.4 and 5 so > it's now spilling over to the 5ghz. I have a customer who has one but > unfortunately you can't operate both the 2.4 and 5 at the same time, it's > either or. I found that odd and the customer has 2 new laptops that have > 2.4 and 5 as well as some older stuff on 2.4. Even HE thought he could do > both together because his new laptops can do that just fine. Maybe a third > party firmware will solve that but it was just "wtf" when I tried to set > him > up in both bands. A lot of the cheaper routers are like that. Probably using the same inexpensive chipset that a lot of us use in home-built APs - I know I have a number of Mikrotik radio cards out there that can run in both bands. My Apple Time Capsule at home actually has two separate radios, and can even do multiple SSIDs. Horribly expensive, by router standards, but well worth it. David Smith MVN.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
