Router/AP compatibility

I have a Dlink DGL 4300; it works very well and has been for at least 5
years now. I don't need to replace it, but I don't know how long it's
liable to last, so I've been looking at replacements. I'm looking at
routers of the same quality, with a 5-port gigabit switch.

Of course, any new router will be 802.11n which is of course fine by me
and the various guests who use the wireless. Except that I have an
Engenius wired to it as an AP for the other side of the house (and the
back-yard), which is 802.11g, and this setup works properly for
"seamless roaming" around the place.

The question is: if I replace the DGL4300 with (say) a Netgear N600,
will the "wireless roaming" still be seamless? If someone connects
802.11n and roams to the back-yard, what will happen? Or will I need a
new AP as well?
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On 6/22/2012 9:16 AM, Warren Oates wrote:
> I have a Dlink DGL 4300; it works very well and has been for at least 5
> years now. I don't need to replace it, but I don't know how long it's
> liable to last, so I've been looking at replacements. I'm looking at
> routers of the same quality, with a 5-port gigabit switch.
>
> Of course, any new router will be 802.11n which is of course fine by me
> and the various guests who use the wireless. Except that I have an
> Engenius wired to it as an AP for the other side of the house (and the
> back-yard), which is 802.11g, and this setup works properly for
> "seamless roaming" around the place.
>
> The question is: if I replace the DGL4300 with (say) a Netgear N600,
> will the "wireless roaming" still be seamless? If someone connects
> 802.11n and roams to the back-yard, what will happen? Or will I need a
> new AP as well?
>

On my router, you can select which modes it uses. N is wider than G, so
I suspect some people have trouble with it (neighbor conflict). To be
honest, I just use G, even though I have some N clients.

Come to think of it, I would need to occupy both a standard G band and a
wide N band. N is 40MHz wide, nearly the whole band. Kind of piggish.

In any event, just don't use the N feature and I guess everything would
be the same. I'm trying to recall if I ever bothered with the N mode at
all. I think I never bothered to test it.

In article <js33h9$glt$1@speranza.aioe.org>, miso <miso@sushi.com>
wrote:

> On my router, you can select which modes it uses. N is wider than G, so
> I suspect some people have trouble with it (neighbor conflict). To be
> honest, I just use G, even though I have some N clients.
>
> Come to think of it, I would need to occupy both a standard G band and a
> wide N band. N is 40MHz wide, nearly the whole band. Kind of piggish.
>
> In any event, just don't use the N feature and I guess everything would
> be the same. I'm trying to recall if I ever bothered with the N mode at
> all. I think I never bothered to test it.

That's sort of what I thought. Thanks for the response.

Fortunately, I live in a kind of suburban small town where conflicting
stations aren't a problem.
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.... do not cover a warm kettle or your stock may sour. -- Julia Child