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| From | nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.comm, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc, comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Airport Extreme or Express with IEEE 802.11n draft specification |
| Date | 2011-09-04 11:11 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <040920111111303268%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | <j3vtlm$fkt$1@dont-email.me> <1k72icu.1035n9sd7px7oN%nmassello@yahoo.com> <j40ean$108$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
In article <j40ean$108$1@dont-email.me>, M. John Matlaw <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> I was looking into getting either an Airport Extreme Base Station or an > >> AirPort Express with dual bands. > > > > The AirPort Express Base Station is "dual band" only in the sense that > > it can operate in the 2.4GHz _or_ 5GHz band, but not both at the same > > time. The Extreme can do both simultaneously. > > Ah, that helps a lot. The only reason I'm interested in dual-band is > that I have older macs using 802.11b and it was my understanding that > when using one channel, speeds for all devices would be slowed down to > the lowest level used by any one device on the network. Sounds like > I'll be looking for an Airport Extreme base. Thanks. the dual band is 2.4gz b/g and 5gz n-only. if you use b, it will slow down g. in your situation, you should get a used b router for next to nothing for the b devices. they're dirt cheap.
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Airport Extreme or Express with IEEE 802.11n draft specification "M. John Matlaw" <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> - 2011-09-04 09:15 -0400
Re: Airport Extreme or Express with IEEE 802.11n draft specification Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2011-09-04 06:42 -0700
Re: Airport Extreme or Express with IEEE 802.11n draft specification "M. John Matlaw" <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> - 2011-09-04 11:20 -0400
Re: Airport Extreme or Express with IEEE 802.11n draft specification Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2011-09-04 08:53 -0700
Re: Airport Extreme or Express with IEEE 802.11n draft specification "M. John Matlaw" <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> - 2011-09-04 13:05 -0400
Re: Airport Extreme or Express with IEEE 802.11n draft specification nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2011-09-04 11:38 -0600
Re: Airport Extreme or Express with IEEE 802.11n draft specification Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2011-09-04 15:39 -0700
Re: Airport Extreme or Express with IEEE 802.11n draft specification nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2011-09-04 11:38 -0600
Re: Airport Extreme or Express with IEEE 802.11n draft specification "M. John Matlaw" <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> - 2011-09-04 13:59 -0400
Re: Airport Extreme or Express with IEEE 802.11n draft specification nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-09-04 11:11 -0700
Re: Airport Extreme or Express with IEEE 802.11n draft specification "M. John Matlaw" <mjlaw@invalid.invalid> - 2011-09-04 14:15 -0400
Re: Airport Extreme or Express with IEEE 802.11n draft specification Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2011-09-04 15:37 -0700
Re: Airport Extreme or Express with IEEE 802.11n draft specification Tom Stiller <tom_stiller@yahoo.com> - 2011-09-04 19:52 -0400
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