Does the Airport Express/Extreme slow down when using 802.11N with G?

[slu]

Oh, the Express is for traveling, they do not like being turned on all the time. My old AirPort broke when my nephew and son were tossing a ball in the house and it took a hit. I pressed my trusty Express into duty as a stop gap that seems to have lasted about six months, or untill the Express crapped out.

I see your anecdotal evidence and raise you mine.

I have two Airport Expresses and both have running constantly for several years with no issues at all. One was the main router and one extended the network and acted as a wireless printer for at least two years. I have since upgraded to an Airport Extreme and re-purposed the one that acted as the main router to for airtunes only. These little boxes are awesome.

 

[balticgreen]

balticgreen,

So I'm sure I understand, the FIOS router plugs into the outside FIOS line, and then is connected to your switch box.

Makes sense. Unfortunately my basement isn't wired for ethernet, so I'll have to buy 3 wireless hubs to get FIOS into the areas I need it.

There are several different ways you can do it depending on what wiring you do have. If you have a coax hub in the basement for cable TV then you could use coax out from the FIOS panel into the coax hub and put the Verizon router somewhere that you have coax and ethernet to bridge the two. But the simplest if you just want N wireless is to also buy an Airport Extreme. Put the Extreme in your basement so it goes like this: FIOS panel -> Verizon router -> ethernet cable -> Airport Extreme. Turn wireless off in the Verizon router and use the Extreme. The Expresses will connect to the Extreme and you'll have N wireless speed throughout the house.