802.11n

[thescreensavers]

The range that N routers are listed at (up to 350feet indoor) works regardless of what type of other standard you try to use it with since N is backwards compatible.

Am I right with this assumption?

 

[tonyyy]

Pretty much. Just speed will be the only difference.

 

[Ayah]

I would be really, really, really skeptical about that rating. I don't think I've ever seen any 802.11 spec work at 350ft indoors without repeaters or a really buff antenna/high voltage.

If there was zero interference and no walls between you and the router, sure, you could possibly get 350ft.

 

[JackMDS]

Yeah, 350 feet indoor. 🙄

If the indoor is an Empty Boeing 747 hangar. D:

 

[thescreensavers]

Good then what I thought was right lol

^^ yea I know lol

I am just reading off of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11

But G vs N, n has a rated 2x times longer range so it helps indoors when people get low signal strength far away with a G router, they should get a boost in signal with a N router.

 

[JackMDS]

The basic transmission of 802.11n is the same 33mW.

The extra oomph is achieved by Antennas' feed concoction.

In an environment that has agents (Many Walls, Water, Strong Electrical noise) that Kills the signal the advantage of N as oppose to G is minimal.

 

[thescreensavers]

^^ so your saying that if you had 2 routers G and N placed in the same room in a average house , then had 2 laptops (G and N). And placed both laptops were G has low signal, the N laptop will also show the same signal strength?

It is my assumption that you would have better reception with N.

 

[JackMDS]

What I am saying is that marketing brochures do not disclose under what circumstances the Original Bench mark was done (see my remark above about Boeing 747 Hangar).

Unlike CPU, HD, and PSU, Wireless depends on a signal that runs in the air and it is exposed to enviormental conditon that vary in each individual location.

Thus N as compre to G can be better, a little better, and the same.

The way a typical home in the USA is constructed and how the typical user places his/her components, the prevalent outcome is a little better.