You know that Cablevision will be offering 100Mbps soon?
Yeah, for over twice what I'm paying now. Not interested.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
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Jessica - May 06, 2009 7:03:54 am PDT #9886 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Liese S. - May 06, 2009 7:04:43 am PDT #9887 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
We went ahead and went n, but I didn't have any truly compelling reason to do so other than just trying to futureproof. We do a good bit of non internet movement over the network; transferring business files and doing backups and whatnot, so I've appreciated the extra speed. On the whole I don't think it mattered much to us one way or the other.
Gudanov - May 06, 2009 7:10:29 am PDT #9888 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
If you think you will be doing video streaming from a DVR or something to a laptop I'd probably go for n instead. SD works over our network on g, but I'd be less certain about HD.
My home network is scary, I have an 8 port hub and a 4 port hub completely filled.
Calli - May 06, 2009 7:19:16 am PDT #9889 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
SD works over our network on g, but I'd be less certain about HD.
I'm on g, and when I try to stream hd stuff on Hulu it tends to give up after 5 minutes or so. Until two months ago I couldn't really stream video at all (I've since replaced my 8 year old computer), so this isn't too dire a handicap. But when I replace my current router I'll probably go with n or, given my glacial rate of hardware upgrades, whatever is like n is now.
NoiseDesign - May 06, 2009 11:06:23 am PDT #9890 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I'd say go with the 802.11n. It's best to futureproof yourself. If you end up with a setup where you are transferring files to a DVR or other media box you'll want the speed. Same goes for something like a PS3.
My network at home is a bit insane. Cable modem goes into Airport Extreme 802.11n router, this has the main wireless network for the house. This router feeds another dual band 802.11n D-link router which provides one wireless network for the video game systems, and another for the Tivo's in the house. When the Tivo's are transferring data it will really bog down whatever wireless network is in use, so I find it best to give them their own. Then there's a 8 port gigabit switch which is linked to the main Airport Extreme for internet, but also provides a high speed backbone for the computers in the office/studio. Finally there is a second Airport Extreme back in the office that expands the wireless coverage and also has three hard drives connected to it as small file servers.
Ginger - May 06, 2009 11:07:51 am PDT #9891 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
There are countries with less involved networks.
Sean K - May 06, 2009 11:09:08 am PDT #9892 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Yes. There are.
NoiseDesign - May 06, 2009 11:43:09 am PDT #9893 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Those are countries I would not like to live in.
Sean K - May 06, 2009 12:18:04 pm PDT #9894 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
No, probably not.
Dana - May 06, 2009 1:32:42 pm PDT #9895 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Can Audacity convert WAV to MP3?