Maximum wireless N speeds

[dochocson]

Is it the case with Wireless-N routers that they will top out at the speed of the slowest connected device?

That's the case with our current Wireless-G router, and I can't really tell from the literature if the N devices work the same way.

Thanks.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Are you talking about a mixture of G and N, or only N?

[dochocson]

Mixed network, G and N devices with an N router. Will the N devices get N speeds or get throttled back to G speeds?

[yeoman]

Lowest speed device rules. Or you could get a dual band router - n on one and g on the other

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Dual band N supposed to use two frequencies, A (5 GHz) and B/G (2.4 GHz). The 5 GHz channels do not overlap like the 2.4 GHz channels do. Getting full speed on N in the 2.4 GHz band requires 4 channels and multiple antennas. Having G devices will slow it down but the N devices should work faster than the G.

[blusubaru]

N devices on mixed N and G network here, using Buffalo WHR-G300N. N devices are definitely faster than G devices. Have seen transfer speeds reach 6-7MB/sec. file transfer. No chance of getting that on G. Even the N device on the old G network would max at about 2.5MB/sec.