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Old 10-27-2010, 04:26 PM   #65
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Originally Posted by reamemiya View Post
One thing to note though, with your new router, you're probably connecting through N, while on your router you're connecting through G.

I'm debating whether to switch to a N-router or not. I've been reading articles on SmallNetBuilder, and it seems that N-router doesn't increase the speed/distance (ie. you'll be able to connect at a farther distance with a N-router, but speed between a N-router and G-router would be roughly the same at X meter [X is the distance where you can still connect to G])
i've read your post like 5 times and i still can't figure out what you're talking about.

if you're connected to your router using N, then its running at N speeds.

why would a laptop NIC identify a connection as N if the router was only negotiating a link at G speeds?
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