single / dual band router confusion

Tripp

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So I have been looking into Wireless N routers to try get some better performance from my broadband, was going to buy the Belkin on offer here

my new laptop has a intel wirelsss LAN 6200 which supports n and dual band but my g/f has an older intel pro 2200 which is B/G and only single band.

now problem is I read a comment that if I bought a single band router then my wireless N connection would be limited to 54mb by my g/f's b/g connection.

Is this true? if so can anyone recommend an inexpensive, decent dualband router.

thanks
 
Tripp said:
So I have been looking into Wireless N routers to try get some better performance from my broadband, was going to buy the Belkin on offer here

my new laptop has a intel wirelsss LAN 6200 which supports n and dual band but my g/f has an older intel pro 2200 which is B/G and only single band.

now problem is I read a comment that if I bought a single band router then my wireless N connection would be limited to 54mb by my g/f's b/g connection.

Is this true? if so can anyone recommend an inexpensive, decent dualband router.

thanks
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This is true. Although you could get a second cheap cable router and have her connect via that.
 
It's not true. You'd still get more than 54Mbps (not that you actually get 54Mbps from 802.11g) but you would most likely see some reduction in speed.

Adapters don't support dual band though, routers do - it's having two lots of wireless hardware to do 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz simultaneously.
 
In my experience you'll get a lot more than you'd get from 802.11g. If you want separation buy a dual band router which would let you connect the N clients over 5Ghz and the B/G clients on 2.4Ghz.
 
i assume its not enough to buy a dual band router to run my N and my g/f's G connection, I would need to fork out for a simultaneous dual band router, correct?
 
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