Can Time Capsule + AEBS do this?

[SirReel]

I currently have one of the newer AEBS (that was supposed to work with Time Machine at the announcement ). Anyway, what I am wondering is this. If I were to get a Time Capsule, could I set it up to use 802.11N only, then bridge it using the AEBS set in N/A/G mode? I.e. making the Time Capsule dedicated to N so that the items I have with N can use the extra speed, but then anything that is A/G (work laptop, iPhone, etc.) would be able to connect to the AEBS. Or, would the fact that the AEBS was in N/A/G mode also cause the Time Capsule to only support those speeds?
Any ideas welcomed.

peace,
SirReel

 

[kolax]

Unless your Airport Extreme is set to 'N' only, then when any devices not N connect then the connection speed will drop to G.

 

[flopticalcube]

I currently have one of the newer AEBS (that was supposed to work with Time Machine at the announcement ). Anyway, what I am wondering is this. If I were to get a Time Capsule, could I set it up to use 802.11N only, then bridge it using the AEBS set in N/A/G mode? I.e. making the Time Capsule dedicated to N so that the items I have with N can use the extra speed, but then anything that is A/G (work laptop, iPhone, etc.) would be able to connect to the AEBS. Or, would the fact that the AEBS was in N/A/G mode also cause the Time Capsule to only support those speeds?
Any ideas welcomed.

peace,
SirReel

Yes you can. I have a dlink g router that is bridged to my AEBS running 5GHz n only. To avoid interference, choose the 5GHz band for the n only router and compatibility mode for the n/a/g router. You will get 300mbps max from the n router and 130mbps max from the n/a/g one.

 

[wayland1985]

Sorry... I don't mean to completely hijack... But i read about this 5ghz earlier as well.


Is N a protcol that uses only 5ghz, while the rest are on a 2.4ghz band?

 

[ntrigue]

If I have an iPod Touch - iPhone - PS3 - MBPro all competing for the wireless then my only options are to drop to 'G' or kick-off all devices besides the N-Enables MBPro?

 

[klas]

Sorry... I don't mean to completely hijack... But i read about this 5ghz earlier as well.


Is N a protcol that uses only 5ghz, while the rest are on a 2.4ghz band?

no, A also can run on 5ghz. N is actually can use either one 2.4 or 5