Re: Difference between wireless G and wireless N

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'll be doing some web research for myself at lunch today.  I find the practical experience from this list very valuable and I wanted to see what the thoughts are about the two formats.
>   

Hi Rick!

I'm sticking with G right now.  I actually only recently put my little B 
network into the dumpster.  The biggest problem in my mind is that 
technically there is no "N" standard yet.  From what I understand it's a 
*proposed* standard.  What that typically means in a real world 
situation is that equipment from different vendors will not necessarily 
work together.

Of course, equipment from different vendors doesn't always work together 
anyway, but I've got an older G card from Netgear in my laptop and then 
whatever is in my EEE PC (it's made for ultra-portables) and a Belkin 
router and something else (Dlink, maybe) in the PC downstairs, and they 
all work together flawlessly.  Will N equipment work as well?  I don't 
know.  And if you get it all from the same vendor, it will probably work 
fine.  But that was the only thing that kept me from going to the N 
equipment.

Joe