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<blockquote data-quote="mjconn" data-source="post: 844356" data-attributes="member: 62540"><p>From Apple's website on the latest <a href="http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/features/frequency.html" target="_blank">Extreme</a>:</p><p></p><p><em>Simultaneous dual-band support.Some Wi-Fi devices use the 2.4GHz wireless band, including iPhone, iPod touch, and devices using 802.11b/g. Other devices can use either 2.4GHz or the higher-speed 5GHz band, such as the latest 802.11n-based Mac computers and Apple TV. Instead of choosing one of the bands, AirPort Extreme now operates simultaneously on both bands, and your multiband devices automatically use the best available band. This means all your Wi-Fi devices get the fastest possible wireless performance and the best possible range.</em></p><p></p><p>Now, that may be splitting the network and we are saying the same thing baggss, but I'm not sure.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Found this on a Macworld <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/139669/2009/03/airportex09.html" target="_blank">review</a> for the new Extreme. Seems it is 2 networks with 1 SSID.:</p><p></p><p><em>Simultaneous dual-band works around this by having two dedicated networks, one for each band, allowing the highest speeds for every Wi-Fi adapter.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The two networks, by default, share the same SSID (or name), since there aren’t many reasons why you would want to separate the two.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mjconn, post: 844356, member: 62540"] From Apple's website on the latest [URL="http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/features/frequency.html"]Extreme[/URL]: [I]Simultaneous dual-band support.Some Wi-Fi devices use the 2.4GHz wireless band, including iPhone, iPod touch, and devices using 802.11b/g. Other devices can use either 2.4GHz or the higher-speed 5GHz band, such as the latest 802.11n-based Mac computers and Apple TV. Instead of choosing one of the bands, AirPort Extreme now operates simultaneously on both bands, and your multiband devices automatically use the best available band. This means all your Wi-Fi devices get the fastest possible wireless performance and the best possible range.[/I] Now, that may be splitting the network and we are saying the same thing baggss, but I'm not sure. EDIT: Found this on a Macworld [URL="http://www.macworld.com/article/139669/2009/03/airportex09.html"]review[/URL] for the new Extreme. Seems it is 2 networks with 1 SSID.: [I]Simultaneous dual-band works around this by having two dedicated networks, one for each band, allowing the highest speeds for every Wi-Fi adapter. The two networks, by default, share the same SSID (or name), since there aren’t many reasons why you would want to separate the two.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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