[barbarian]

If I set up one airport extreme machine (g) and one normal airport machine (b) connected through an airport extreme (b/g) base station, is transferring files between the machines faster than if I were to transfer with an old (b only) basestation.

In other worlds does data go at 50x between the g mac and the extreme basestation and then at 10x between the basestation and the b mac or is it all 10x...

[alpha rays max]

Someone correct me if I'm mistaken but I believe if you have ANY 802.11b device connected to your wireless network, the ENTIRE network slows down to (b) speeds.

I could very well be mistaken though.

[aaanorton]

Originally posted by alpha rays max:
I could very well be mistaken though.

Nope, you're not.

[barbarian]

important to know for those of us in mixed environments, because forcing the base station to b only seems to help the range by 10-15%. this is especially imp when connecting G5s which have lousy airport strength.

Many thanks.

[aaanorton]

This also means that you can get away with a b only router just as easily, at a substantial cost savings.

[Xeo]

Originally posted by alpha rays max:
Someone correct me if I'm mistaken but I believe if you have ANY 802.11b device connected to your wireless network, the ENTIRE network slows down to (b) speeds.

I could very well be mistaken though.

Whoa, whoa, so you're saying having a g router, g laptop, and a b laptop on on the same network would cause the connection between the g router and g laptop to run at the speeds of b?

I had no idea. That kinda sucks.

[Sarc]

Originally posted by Xeo:
I had no idea. That kinda sucks.

Indeed. Shouldn't speed be set on a "per client" basis ? Like 10/100/1000 switches ? Those with Gigabit, get the Gigabit, those with 10/100 get 10/100.

[aaanorton]

Originally posted by Sarc:
Indeed. Shouldn't speed be set on a "per client" basis ? Like 10/100/1000 switches ? Those with Gigabit, get the Gigabit, those with 10/100 get 10/100.

With physical ports, each port can config as needed. With Airport, there is one transceiver for all clients.

[Sarc]

thanks for clearing that out !

cheers

[anti-sleep]

I always wondered why Linksys would bother selling a dual band base station if g could handle b. It all makes sense now. hehe.

[jasong]

Well in the configuration you are describing, it doesn't really make a difference (g router, g laptop, and b laptop). 802.11b is way faster than your dsl line, so if you are communicating between a g device and a b device, you will be limited to b speed.

-- Jason