Wireless 'Mixed Mode'

[TommyP]

Hi Guys,

Over the last year or so a majority of the kit I've got is capable of Wireless N but my trusty old Linksys ADSL Home Gateway (WAG200G) is only capable of G.

Was thinking of investing in a new N modem router but don't want to slow the new network down by having the slower devices still connecting to it.

Presuming I could:

Link the G router to the N router via LAN cable
Set the starting IP address on the N to 192.168.1.101
Set the IP of the G router to static on 192.168.1.100
Set the N to 'N-only'
Set the G to 'Mixed' - to cover if I have any B devices needing connecting.
Set up two SSIDs (e.g. Linksys N and Linksys B) with the same Pwd
Set the DHCP server on the N to enable and disable it on the B router
Reconnect each specific device

Just thinking am I being silly and the latest wireless routers do not suffer slow down if you connect an older device to them, would the above work or is there a better solution?

Thanks

 

[Duke]

There is no slow down from older devices using them They just won't get the full speed available.

 

[Gammawolf]

There is no slow down from older devices using them They just won't get the full speed available.

There is a slow down to n devices when you connect a g device to the network.

That plan would work OP, you just need to make sure each access point doesn't cover the same frequency band, ie set one to channel 1 and one to channel 11. I do something similar except I run a ASUS RT-56U, which is dual band and reserved my 5GHz band for wireless n only and left the 2.4ghz band as mixed for anything else. So I keep my performance devices on 5GHz which are then able to take full advantage of my 80Mbps Internet connection. In essence you'd be brewing the same result (minus the 5Ghz stuff) just with two devices

 

[TommyP]

There is a slow down to n devices when you connect a g device to the network.

That plan would work OP, you just need to make sure each access point doesn't cover the same frequency band, ie set one to channel 1 and one to channel 11. I do something similar except I run a ASUS RT-56U, which is dual band and reserved my 5GHz band for wireless n only and left the 2.4ghz band as mixed for anything else. So I keep my performance devices on 5GHz which are then able to take full advantage of my 80Mbps Internet connection. In essence you'd be brewing the same result (minus the 5Ghz stuff) just with two devices

Sounds like a better solution tbh, would cut out the clutter of having two APs next to each other - is this a common feature of Dual band wireless routers or specific to the ASUS unit?

If it's normal is there a standout device as a ADSL dual band modem router?

EDIT - Answered my question that I need a simultaneous dual band ADSL modem router.... but what's available?