AE/n and USB hub (shared drives, printers ...) more info

[Kevin Callahan]

On Feb 23, 2007, at 2:22 PM, Matt Johnston wrote:

>
> On 23 Feb 2007, at 22:17, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>
>> I was just told: If you are in a mixed wireless environment (b,g  
>> n), your *wireless* performance will drop to the lowest common  
>> denominator for all wireless clients.  Not sure if the person who  
>> told me that is correct.  (In addition to my MBPro17 Core 2 duo, I  
>> have an iMac G5 (g) and three wireless Airport Expresses (g) ... a  
>> PB17 G4 1.67 (ethernet) and a G4/500 (ethernet)).
>
> This has been the case with Airport all along. It only affects you  
> when you are actively transmitting. You might consider separating  
> your networks if you still have an 802.11b or 802.11g device.
>
> We're going to be making our 802.11n network an "n-only" network.
>
> M

what's the effect of having non-n Airport Expresses on such a network?
ie: let's say we get rid of the PB17 and iMac G5 and replace them  
with a Core 2 duo machine ...
now we'll have machines with 'n' ability --
but we also have Airport Expresses on the network - which are g,  
correct?
Will we only get the performance hit when streaming music?   
otherwise, machine to machine we'll get n ?

The Apple guy also said the mixed environment affects the range.

K


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