N Wireless routers with G Nics

17 Feb 2009 3:31 AM

J

I have a couple of clients with N routers in 'mixed' mode because I
have some G generation nics.
I seem to have more problems with drops and long wait times to connect
to the network, when compared
with clients who have G routers and G nics. Is this to be expected?
TIA

17 Feb 2009 4:21 AM

Jack (MVP-Networking).

Hi
This is not a common practice with 802.11g working with Drat_N.
However because it is Draft and Not a standard there are variation between,
and within the variety of Hardware devices that are on market.
It could be a general problem of your Wireless Router, or a specific
interaction problem between the Router and the specific 802.11g that you are
using.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

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"J" <japhyrider2***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have a couple of clients with N routers in 'mixed' mode because I
> have some G generation nics.
> I seem to have more problems with drops and long wait times to connect
> to the network, when compared
> with clients who have G routers and G nics. Is this to be expected?
> TIA

17 Feb 2009 9:45 AM

Barb Bowman

Sometimes updating the router firmware helps with this. (and
sometimes not). It would be worth checking that you have the latest
firmware (and wireless NIC drivers).

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:31:14 -0800 (PST), J
<japhyrider2***@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I have a couple of clients with N routers in 'mixed' mode because I
>have some G generation nics.
>I seem to have more problems with drops and long wait times to connect
>to the network, when compared
>with clients who have G routers and G nics. Is this to be expected?
>TIA
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17 Feb 2009 3:43 PM

Pavel A.

J wrote:

> I have a couple of clients with N routers in 'mixed' mode because I
> have some G generation nics.
> I seem to have more problems with drops and long wait times to connect
> to the network, when compared
> with clients who have G routers and G nics. Is this to be expected?
> TIA

Yes, interop issues are to be expected. Wi-fi is a crazy complicated thing.
The (unnamed) G adapter may be the cuplrit as well, not only the
(unnamed) N router.

Regards,
--pa

18 Feb 2009 4:40 PM

smlunatick

On Feb 17, 3:31 am, J <japhyrider2***@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have a couple of clients with N routers in 'mixed' mode because I
> have some G generation nics.
> I seem to have more problems with drops and long wait times to connect
> to the network, when compared
> with clients who have G routers and G nics. Is this to be expected?
> TIA

Several N router's mixed modes tend to allow 802.11b, 802.11g and
802.11n signals. You might be able to fix the disconnect problems by
locking the modes so that only 802.11g and 802.11n modes are
available, 802.11b signal are possibly the cause of the problems.