I pretty sure I've read that all 802.11n routers slow approx. 20-25% mixed mode. You get right at (or slightly over) 100 Mb/s in 802.11n mode when using the 5 GHz band and 75-85 Mb/s in mixed 802.11/b/g/n mode. <br><br>
If I recall correctly the speed drop is caused by mixed mode requiring use of the old 2.4 GHz band. At 5 GHz the N routers are able to transform 2 channels into a single big data pipe, but if implemented at the 2.4 GHz band "channel bonding," as its called, interferes with bluetooth, which operates in the same band.
<br><br>Still 80Mb/s is pretty decent speed.<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/31/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Malcolm Cornelius</b> <<a href="mailto:malcolm@fireflyuk.net">malcolm@fireflyuk.net</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> I have already ordered an original Airport card from ebay. I hadn't<br>> heard
<br>> about the slow speed of the 802.11b slowing down the network for<br>> everything<br>> else. It is not as if it was daisy chained or anything. I will let<br>> everyone<br>> know when I get it set up.<br>
<br>It used to be the case that if anything on the wireless network was<br>talking b, the entire network ran at b speed, I seem to recall<br>someone saying that some newer routers didn't work this way.<br><br>--<br>Best wishes
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