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Re: [OS2Wireless] 802.11n hardware? |
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Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:37:07 -0400 |
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On 10/23/07 05:16 pm, Stanley Sidlov thus wrote :
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:38:20 -0400, Ed Durrant wrote:
I'd advise against going to 802.11N as (I believe) this is still a non-ratified draft standard still. From what I have heard - on any OS, you should use the same manufacturer for the clients NIC and the access point/router if you want it to work at the highest speeds.
I offer up two web pages....
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/10/more-wifi-bandwidth-not-this-year.html and for a glance at interoperability starting at a mere 7ft....
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2013307,00.asp
Following up on Stan's second link, I did a quick Google search on "intel 4965abg linksys wrt150n" and came up with a few hits. Here's an interesting comment gleaned from Amazon.com's page for the router:
Range no better than my G Lynksys router, October 7, 2007
By Longer Ranger
I bought this primarily for the advertized increased range. My G
router will work in our clubhouse a 150 feet from my back bedroom
where this is located. The setup using the lynksys software did not
work for me, but I was able to get it working manually. I updated
the firmwear and reset my Toshiba laptop for type N, updated the
laptop adapter to latest drivers. The reliability in the house was
excellent; in the clubhouse, the range was no better than the G
router, one to two bars and frequent dropout. I worked with it for
several weeks, updated my adapter, varied settings. Speed showed as
130 Mhz and connection type showed as type N on my laptop. I
discovered that the built-in N adapter in my laptop (Intel 4965agn)
lists several routers that are recommended but none from lynksys.
Haven't been able to find that page again so I can't link it here. I
returned the router, as it did not appear to meet expectations based
on its range.
Very revealing. However,
Linksys WRT150N Wireless N Home Router, July 12, 2007
By William L. Morin
Had trouble getting wireless internet access setup on my Dell
Inspiron E1505 with an Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN. Took
several attempts before it finally allowed me to get internet access
wirelessly. After I finally stumbled upon the correct
setting/installation, it has worked great and is much faster than my
old Linksys wireless-G router.
Insofar as performance with WEP or WPA TKIP is concerned, I found the following link to Intel's site, which is also interesting to note: http://tinyurl.com/2asjh5 . (Essentially, the report says that the Draft spec does not provide for bandwidth beyond 54Mbps when using either of the aforementioned security features, and as a result, the card drops down to 802.11g rather than simply failing to connect. This may account for some of the reports of people not being able to connect - i.e., 802.11g disabled at the AP, with an incompatible security method configured...possible?...who knows?)
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Lewis
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