Ecnerwal wrote:
> In article <mMqdnQSrg-pujLPVnZ2dnUVZ_v3inZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> HK <payer33859@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Suggestions?
>
>
> The router does not "run" at 5 ghz - that's it's transmission frequency.
> In all likelihood, your internet connection is far slower than the
> connection speed you can get running from your present 802.11g to the
> Macbook, so adding an 802.11n will merely lighten your wallet.
>
> It will have NO EFFECT WHATEVER on your web-browsing or downloading
> speeds.
>
> Your list of local machines does not include a huge datastore that the
> Macbook will be calling upon over the local network, so the Macbook's
> speed will be limited by the incoming network's slowest link (almost
> certainly your cable modem, or DSL modem).
>
You know, I was sorta thinking that, except that when I run internet
download "speed tests" on the wired or wireless connection, the "wired"
connection is always faster, even when the wireless router was sitting
right next to the Macbook Pro.
It's a puzzlement!
I backup the PCs to an HP MediaSmart Server via wired gigabit. There's
no real way to do that (yes, I can backup to a share, but that's it)
with the Macbook Pro, so I back that machine up via firewire to a
dedicated hard drive. So, I wouldn't be using wireless for local backups.
Thanks for the input!
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