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<blockquote data-quote="RNDdave" data-source="post: 709352" data-attributes="member: 20405">Hello. The modem does not affect wireless speeds.The modem kind of acts as a bridge. You have your private home network running at the limits of your devices i.e. the MBP and Airport Extreme are running at n standards and the rest of the laptops are running at g speed.The modem is kind of inivisible to the computers on your home network, they see the router (airport extreme) and no further - the router knows about the modem and the modem knows about the DSL line (and thanks to the router at the other end of that DSL line, the modem knows about the internet). Your home network is going to be faster than the DSL connection which is limited by the speed of the plan you have signed up to. So if you have an 8Mb DSL line then although your MBP can throw data at the router at n speeds, once it gets to the modem you are then limited by the speeds of the DSL line (or the server that hosts the site your visiting).Perhaps I went off topic there... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="RNDdave, post: 709352, member: 20405"] Hello. The modem does not affect wireless speeds. The modem kind of acts as a bridge. You have your private home network running at the limits of your devices i.e. the MBP and Airport Extreme are running at [b]n[/b] standards and the rest of the laptops are running at [b]g[/b] speed. The modem is kind of inivisible to the computers on your home network, they see the router (airport extreme) and no further - the router knows about the modem and the modem knows about the DSL line (and thanks to the router at the other end of that DSL line, the modem knows about the internet). Your home network is going to be faster than the DSL connection which is limited by the speed of the plan you have signed up to. So if you have an 8Mb DSL line then although your MBP can throw data at the router at [b]n[/b] speeds, once it gets to the modem you are then limited by the speeds of the DSL line (or the server that hosts the site your visiting). Perhaps I went off topic there... :) [/QUOTE]

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