New 'N' vs an existing 2Wire Router, in a closet, to cover a smallishhome

Got a request to relocate a home based network's router to a closet;
the whole house is single level and sheetrock over wood walls.

- I'm thinking of placing it on a shelf up over the closet door. Up
high is good, right? What of orientation as in mounting vertical vs
laying flat on the shelf, in terms of the antennas, etc.

- The current router is a 2Wire 2700HG-B. Google is letting me down on
this one. (Let me try again...) Hmmm, Seems the router is 'Wi-Fi
certified HyperG' capable.

- End user has 80211.n in her laptop, I was thinking of recommending
an 'n' capable wireless router to her, but now that I see the G in
that 2Wire box is the important letter, not the B I'm thinking it
might be OK.

- Will the 2Wire do OK being surrounded by the mass of the closet, and
would a later model router, and/or an 'n' based unit, get through the
walls better? (User has unit right now down low on the floor, but out
in the open and suggest the coverage throughout the house is "OK, but
slow..."

- How is the 2Wire in terms of security though?


Well, for now, that is my post.
TBerk

TBerk wrote:
> Got a request to relocate a home based network's router to a closet;
> the whole house is single level and sheetrock over wood walls.

sounds good - put the router behind ANOTHER wall to make it go faster ?

> - I'm thinking of placing it on a shelf up over the closet door. Up
> high is good, right?

why do you think high is good, compared to what .... low, middle, high ?

> What of orientation as in mounting vertical vs
> laying flat on the shelf, in terms of the antennas, etc.

another good question - a RF donut surrounds the antenna...
so, you want the antenna at right angles to the coverage area - ie
vertical -

> - The current router is a 2Wire 2700HG-B. Google is letting me down on
> this one. (Let me try again...) Hmmm, Seems the router is 'Wi-Fi
> certified HyperG' capable.

what's your question ?
do you know the differences between B, G, and N ?

> - End user has 80211.n in her laptop, I was thinking of recommending
> an 'N' capable wireless router to her, but now that I see the G in
> that 2Wire box is the important letter, not the B I'm thinking it
> might be OK.

and why would you "recommend" the N-capable product ?

> - Will the 2Wire do OK being surrounded by the mass of the closet, and
> would a later model router, and/or an 'n' based unit, get through the
> walls better? (User has unit right now down low on the floor, but out
> in the open and suggest the coverage throughout the house is "OK, but
> slow..."

and putting it up "high" and behind a closet will make it go faster ?

> - How is the 2Wire in terms of security though?
>
>
> Well, for now, that is my post.
> TBerk