Can Airport Extreme run "n" and "b/g" at the same time?

[bryantlc]

Can Airport Extreme run "n" and "b/g" at the same time? The reason I ask is that my iMac has n capability but my Dell laptop is only a b or g. I can't remember which one.

 

[mrwizardno2]

Can Airport Express run "n" and "b/g" at the same time? The reason I ask is that my iMac has n capability but my Dell laptop is only a b or g. I can't remember which one.

I didn't think the express had wireless N? Did you mean Extreme?

 

[liketom]

express does not have N ,

 

[bryantlc]

Sorry I meant Extreme.

 

[JimmyDThing]

Yes and no. You can put it in b/g mode, but then you're not getting anything out of having an n router.

You'll get the speed of the slowest device on all devices.

 

[zioxide]

Yes and no. You can put it in b/g mode, but then you're not getting anything out of having an n router.

You'll get the speed of the slowest device on all devices.

That's not true.

When you run the Airport Extreme in "Mixed Mode", you get 130Mb/s for N (as opposed to 300Mb/s for N only) and 54Mb/s for G.

 

[JimmyDThing]

That's not true.

When you run the Airport Extreme in "Mixed Mode", you get 130Mb/s for N (as opposed to 300Mb/s for N only) and 54Mb/s for G.

Really? I'm not trying to question your statement, but do you have any citation? I honestly thought that whatever the slowest device active was is the speed everything else takes.

 

[Chris F]

The wireless N device will connect at 130Mbps but the transmission rate will be limited to a/b speeds if there a/b devices transmitting on the network. If your a/b device transmits often the N device will operate as an a/b device.

So if you are connecting something that doesen't send data constantly or only connects periodically (iPod touch say) you will see N speeds most of the time. If you are connecting a windows machine as a/b the netbios requests alone will degrade the network to a/b speeds.

 

[UltraNEO*]

You can add an AirTunes Express to the network. Then set up the MAC address Control on the APEBS for all "n" systems.

See the thread below as to how.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/416504/

 

[JimmyDThing]

The wireless N device will connect at 130Mbps but the transmission rate will be limited to a/b speeds if there a/b devices transmitting on the network. If your a/b device transmits often the N device will operate as an a/b device.

So if you are connecting something that doesen't send data constantly or only connects periodically (iPod touch say) you will see N speeds most of the time. If you are connecting a windows machine as a/b the netbios requests alone will degrade the network to a/b speeds.

That's what I thought...