Help Needed!! draft n

should i upgrade my router to a one fitted with draft n?
what is so good about it? Can i use it with my laptop and desktop which

i've brought a few years ago??


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pooncs <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>should i upgrade my router to a one fitted with draft n?

No. At least not until 802.11n is approved by the IEEE so that all
the 802.11n hardware works together. There's no guarantee that
whatever you buy can be upgraded to the approved standard.

>what is so good about it?

It's faster than 802.11g at close range.
It handles reflections somewhat better than 802.11g.

>Can i use it with my laptop and desktop which
>i've brought a few years ago??

Probably. Draft-N is just yet another wireless "mode". All Draft-N
and Pre-N wireless routers have an 802.11g compatibility mode. You
don't get any improvement in performance in the 802.11g mode. It just
acts like an ordinary 802.11g wireless router. Most Pre-N routers
also have an 802.11b compatibility mode, which really slows down
traffic in the Pre-N mode.

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thanks alot Jeff,
then what is the difference between draft n v1.0 and v2.0?
Have any idea when will draft n be approved by IEEE?


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pooncs <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>then what is the difference between draft n v1.0 and v2.0?

Draft 2 allowed for optional channel bonding for more speed by hogging
70% of the available bandwidth. Fortunately, it's suppose to be
disarmed if there are any incompatible 802.11b/g etc devices in the
neighborhood. Draft 2 also raised the offical maximum speed from
100Mbits/sec to over 200Mbits/sec, mostly because most Draft 1 routers
would do well over 100Mbits/sec on thruput benchmark test. There a
bunch of minor tweaks which I don't wanna dig into.

See:
<http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6470826>
starting with "What in the standard".

>Have any idea when will draft n be approved by IEEE?

Sure. See:
<http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Reports/802.11_Timelines.htm>
Approval by IEEE by when hell freezes over, or Sept 2008, whichever
comes first.

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