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Hi
I have a MacBook and an iMac at home, both brand new and with Airport extreme. I have a huge amount of pictures on a SAMBA server that I need access to from all stations, and with current G connection, it lags badly. I was monitoring, and I am getting max 3000kbit/sec on the wifi. When I connect via cable, I am getting 9000kbit/sec and iPhoto is perfectly smooth.
The task is given, we need to upgrade to N. Will that be that much faster? Can I achieve 9000kbit/sec, or in other words 100MBit/sec? I know what the specs say, I am interested in Hands on experience.
Is it worth going with Apple's Airport station for N, or can I get any N rated router?
Another thing unclear is that we have a Dell laptop that only supports G speeds. Will this drag the speed down when connected, and the Macs will be on G speed too, or the Macs will operate on N while the Dell on G? I also have an iPhone which is G only I think.
Thanks for any ideas,
Ben
I have a MacBook and an iMac at home, both brand new and with Airport extreme. I have a huge amount of pictures on a SAMBA server that I need access to from all stations, and with current G connection, it lags badly. I was monitoring, and I am getting max 3000kbit/sec on the wifi. When I connect via cable, I am getting 9000kbit/sec and iPhoto is perfectly smooth.
The task is given, we need to upgrade to N. Will that be that much faster? Can I achieve 9000kbit/sec, or in other words 100MBit/sec? I know what the specs say, I am interested in Hands on experience.
Is it worth going with Apple's Airport station for N, or can I get any N rated router?
Another thing unclear is that we have a Dell laptop that only supports G speeds. Will this drag the speed down when connected, and the Macs will be on G speed too, or the Macs will operate on N while the Dell on G? I also have an iPhone which is G only I think.
Thanks for any ideas,
Ben