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I currently have Comcast Cable HSI and a Linksys wireless B router. My PowerBook is equipped with an AE card.
Would I feel the difference in speed if I upgraded to a G router, so that I could surf at 54mbps. Is it really that much of a difference?
Is it worth 100 bucks?
Jorge
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Should I just wait for Airport Express?
I understand it is a full-featured router, no? Does it have the same range as a normal AE base station?
What's the catch then? It's cheaper, it has Air Tunes, it can share printers.
Who has 50 computers anyway? ;-)
Jorge
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No point. I assume your internet connection is no more the 3megs, Airport b supports 11megs so even now you are only using 1/4 of the potential speed of the old airport.
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Originally posted by jlfspook:
Would I feel the difference in speed if I upgraded to a G router, so that I could surf at 54mbps. Is it really that much of a difference?
Since the wireless is not the bottleneck (the internet connection is), there will be absolutely no difference whatsoever.
If you do local file sharing over wireless, then the difference becomes apparent.
The AirPort Express is a lot closer to the price the AirPort Extreme should be.
It has the same range.
Lots of users have more than 10 computers. A school or business, for example.
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I did some time tests before and after I upgraded from 802.11b to g, and I found to my surprise that download speed was about 25% faster after I upgraded. I can't explain why that would be because everything that was said here should be true, it shouldn't make a difference, but it did for me so there you have it. As for actual web browsing however, I don't notice a difference. Transferring files between PCs is where g really shines compared to b.
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Originally posted by ooninay:
I did some time tests before and after I upgraded from 802.11b to g, and I found to my surprise that download speed was about 25% faster after I upgraded. I can't explain why that would be because everything that was said here should be true, it shouldn't make a difference, but it did for me so there you have it. As for actual web browsing however, I don't notice a difference. Transferring files between PCs is where g really shines compared to b.
I have a hard time believing that the faster browsing experience is really caused by 802.11g.
Maybe, the old 802.11b router bottlenecked it in a special way and never delivered the possible 11Mb...
-t
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Distance and interference would be a possiblity too. If I recall, neither standard achieves top speeds at realistic distances from the source. I don't have the stats in front of me, but I believe 54mbs is at a distance of a few feet. You may very well have not gotten anywhere near 11mbs in you setup.
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