Wifi Pre-N question

All these routers and wifi cards classified as pre-N, are these expected to be flashable to the final standard later, or will everyone be screwed who gets them?

that is the hope but nobody really knows.The general rule is if its for small home use and you really want the speed is to get it.

What KnightMare said...

Here is small explaination from Radio Labs site which might be good for your edification:
http://www.radiolabs.com/Articles/wireless-network.php

Thanks for the link. Just turned my wifi card down to 802.11b from 802.11g, since I get interference from time to time from my neighbor's router (which is turned WAY up). I only use it for Internet anyways, and router connection to the cable modem is 10 Mbps. I also have no plans to pay for anything faster.

:huh:

why don't you try changing channels in G first?

default chan is usually chan 1

change it to 8 or something.

:huh:

why don't you try changing channels in G first?

default chan is usually chan 1

change it to 8 or something.

I've already been all over the channels.

B mode seems rock solid. Since I'm limited by my Cable modem anyways, it makes sense.

b and g use the 2.4 GHZ frequency and are interferred with by the same thing, at least that's my understanding. Weird that one works and the other doesn't.

Anyone know what frequency N is supposed to be at?

b and g use the 2.4 GHZ frequency and are interferred with by the same thing, at least that's my understanding. Weird that one works and the other doesn't.

Anyone know what frequency N is supposed to be at?

From that link above, the text of which makes a lot of sense, the pure-spread spectrum method of 802.11b is more immune to interference than 802.11g.

I believe N is also in the same frequency range.

My wireless card supports 802.11a as well, but unfortunately I have no 802.11a router...

The difference between 802.11B and 802.11G

802.11B = DSS = Digital Spread Spectrum… like cordless phones. Cool stuff, developed a very long time ago by a famous actress Hedy Lamar during WWII. Yes, this technology was designed for weapons, specifically torpedoes. The technology was invented to eliminate signal jamming. It breaks the signal up and spreads the signal throughout a certain signal range. So, if it was developed for Jamming, it will probably help eliminate interference in your wireless system. Go figure!

802.11G = OFDM = Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing. Wow, huge word! What in God’s name does that mean? Without getting all Geek on you, that’s a more advanced, yet more interference prone form of communication for digital data transfer. More data sent through the air requires more complex ways of sending data. OFDM breaks the signal down into little chunks, transmits separate parts of the data out over separate frequencies and then, god forbid someone turn on a microwave oven in the next room and scatter your data all over the place.

Usually in G-mode what happens to me is that I lose the connection for 20 seconds or so, and when it comes back on the router has switched to another channel. It doesn't seem to do this aggressively in B mode.

I just read that they the final version of N has been pushed back a year, and most likley will include hardware changes.