New Router Suggestions

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The Netgear router I bought last week, is dual-band, A/B/G has one network, N has the other.  Either or both can be up at any given time, or both can be turned off - if no wireless devices are being used.



-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Bogstad <bogstad-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
To: Ted Roche <tedroche-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
Cc: discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org <discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
Sent: Fri, Feb 18, 2011 2:25 pm
Subject: Re: New Router Suggestions



It seems like ALL the cheap 802.11N routers are single band.  Even
some of the dual band ones can only do one at a time.   A quick way to
tell if it is single band is if
it says 802.11 b/g/n or 802.11 a/b/g/n.   The single band ones do not
have 802.11a since it is always at 5Ghz.  Another thing to consider is
whether or not they have 100Mbit or 1Gbit wired ports.  802.11n can
supposedly reach speeds of 300Mbit a second (ha!).  Still your shiny
new 802.11n gear might be limited by only having 100Mbit wired ports.