Re: Difference between wireless G and wireless N

Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

This weekend I discovered my daughter will need wireless connectivity
for her internet connection instead of wired in her new apartment. Because I prefer to wire my network setups at home I am not very familiar with wireless networking. I started looking at routers this
weekend and noticed that there is a new type (new to me anyway) of wireless. Previously I had thought G was the most current type. Now
I'm seeing type N routers. From the ads they appear to be faster.

N is considered a "Draft" specification ... although it's been in draft
state for many (many) years, most hardware vendors are including N
support in their current hardware. At this point I consider "Draft-N"
to be the final N specification, as the vendors (as well as consumers)
would raise a ruckus if it were to change.

I suspect, although I'm not 100% sure, that any changes to the wireless
N specification would be accommodated in the current hardware with
firmware updates.

My question is, what is the difference between G and N? Am I correct
that N is the latest and greatest wireless format?

N is faster than G ... although that depends on a lot of factors. Range, position of the router, structure of the building, etc. Sometimes I can get 130k throughput on my Dell Latitude D630 ... sometimes it drops to 60k.

I've also found that G varies less than N when it comes to throughput.

A friend of mine who built a new house that's hyper energy efficient was grousing that the extra insulation in his house is blocking the wireless signals. He's actually had to deploy a WDS in his house.

I've been using "Draft-N" devices in my home without any problem for a
number of months now. I have mostly G devices. My laptop is the only one that has N.

david