Opinions on N routers w/ Gigabit switch

[Staren]

I looking to swap my Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 for a new N spec router. I've been moving a lot of video content around my network and want to switch my wired network to Gigabit speed and I figure I might as well move up to N wireless while I'm at it so I can start to move my wireless devices over slowly.

I was looking at the D-Link DIR-655 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833127215 but its a bit expensive for the mixed reviews around. I was wondering if anyone know a better option.

[mairving]

I am pretty sure that the N stands for 'Not Ready'. The N standard hasn't really been standardized and will be problematic. You probably won't have issues if you buy all of the same brand adapters and switches at the same time.

[Floppyman]

I agree with mairving. Go ahead and buy a decent gigabit switch now if you really want the gigabit speeds, and consider switching to N when it's finally ready for prime time. "Pre" anything is never a good thing to spend hard earned money on in the computer world, unless of course you don't mind dealing with potential bugs and incompatibilites.

HTH

[mojo]

What it basically boils down to is that if you're moving around lots of video content, you won't be happy with any wireless connection, and you'll like gigabit ethernet even more than 100 Mbps. Existing 802.11 G equipment is perfectly adequate for simple internet browsing, which is all that should be done with wireless as far as I'm concerned.

[piasabird]

Dont listen to the N standard being problematic.

Most of the gear that is rated as N wireless also supports G A and B wireless. When the previous versions of the G Wireless and B Wireless were coming out it was the same way. The standard had not been approved for them yet either.

The thing with the N Wireless is it may have a better range. This of course could mean you just have more interference.

[mairving]

Originally Posted by piasabird Dont listen to the N standard being problematic. Most of the gear that is rated as N wireless also supports G A and B wireless. When the previous versions of the G Wireless and B Wireless were coming out it was the same way. The standard had not been approved for them yet either. The thing with the N Wireless is it may have a better range. This of course could mean you just have more interference.

G, the last standard approved has been approved over 4 years. Sure you could get a router using the N-standard and use it with A, B or G but why pay the extra $ for the router and the switch?

We had a Gateway laptop that had an N card in it that we could not get connected to our wireless network using any standard, so indeed they can be more problematic.

[Dark Nova]

Originally Posted by piasabird The thing with the N Wireless is it may have a better range. This of course could mean you just have more interference.

Actually it dosen't have a better range, just better speed, the full N has about the average speed of a Cat6, altought the one he wants is a Draft-N basicaly a little bit faster then the G

[mbossman2]

a little bit of info on 802.11n
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/...d806b8a92.html