Wireless N and Wirless N Routers

[Jovian9]

I just bought a new Core 2 Duo iMac and it has Wireless 'n' already enabled. I've already got a wireless network running smoothly but not 'n'. I'm streaming music/video to both my TV and Xbox 360 so speed of this network does matter to me. Is the speed increase of the 'n' over 'g' significant? The router I'm looking at is $100 for wireless 'n' so I don't want to spend that if theres not a significant speed boost. I'm not speaking technically either....I'd like to know from the experiences some of you have with this change to 'n'.

Thanks!

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Wireless-N is definitely faster and more reliable than Wireless-G, at least in my limited testing with my fairly new Apple Airport Extreme with Wireless-N. However, it suffers from the same disadvantages Wireless-G has, namely that walls and other obstructions tend to degrade the signal.

 

[Jovian9]

Wireless-N is definitely faster and more reliable than Wireless-G, at least in my limited testing with my fairly new Apple Airport Extreme with Wireless-N. However, it suffers from the same disadvantages Wireless-G has, namely that walls and other obstructions tend to degrade the signal.

That's definitely good information as I have my wireless router in the basement next to my Xbox 360 and we use our MacBook Pro and iMac upstairs. Normally we get 3 out of 4 bars with the current 'g' router, but sometimes that drops to 2 or 1, but we always have a signal. I'm not sure I want to risk degrading the signal at all.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

I just bought a new Core 2 Duo iMac and it has Wireless 'n' already enabled. I've already got a wireless network running smoothly but not 'n'. I'm streaming music/video to both my TV and Xbox 360 so speed of this network does matter to me. Is the speed increase of the 'n' over 'g' significant? The router I'm looking at is $100 for wireless 'n' so I don't want to spend that if theres not a significant speed boost. I'm not speaking technically either....I'd like to know from the experiences some of you have with this change to 'n'.

Thanks!

Try streaming. Streaming works fine for me over a g network with a poor signal, including HD videos. The only benefit you'll see moving to n is in copying large files between computers. (Which includes syncing, but not streaming to your tv.)