[TriLUG] interoperability: 802.11g and n

[Neil L. Little]

I have come across quite a bit of chatter on the open mesh forums about 
mixing 802.11n with g Have you checked there?

http://opensourcemesh.org/links.html

73,
Neil, WA4AZL


Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Greg Brown wrote:
>
>> No. Well, none that I have tested. I've used the scope on 802.11n 
>> (just a couple devices mind you) and once configured for either 5 ghz 
>> or 2.4 ghz they use only one of those bands, not both nor do they 
>> flip back and forth. So if you wanted 802.11n with full backwards 
>> compatibility with 802.11a and b/g you would have to have two radios, 
>> one in each band.
>
> thanks.
>
> I need something to get packets back from several g-only sites (with 
> regular dd-wrt wrt54g waps) to the internet connection, so was 
> thinking of connecting an n router by ethernet cable to the wrt54g and 
> having the n routers connect via high gain antennas to another n 
> router at the site of the internet connection.
>
> I notice the wrt54g-TM does n routing (at least with dd-wrt). I assume 
> it's a 2.45GHz box?
>
> Joe
>