About wireless hardware improvement

[strimma]

Hi everybody, a flash question:

Is there any advantage in buying a relatevely new router wireless (let say, dlink-655/825) if none of the mobile devices of the WLAN support the N standard?

I mean, do hardware develpoment results in a faster connection/wider range/better performances even if the WLAN is not going to use the N "standard" ? [of course, let's exclude also the use of gigabit ports]

 

[thiggins]

If you're upgrading from a very old wireless router, you might see an improvement, simply from the router's use of newer generation chipsets that have improved receive sensitivity.

But G devices will operate at G link rates with an N router. So if you don't have any N clients and have a 1-2 year old G router, there is no advantage to buying an N router.

 

[strimma]

The comparison (throughput vs path loss) between dlink WBR-2310 and DIR-655, in the Azimuth downlink average throughput test, is an example of hardware improvement?

Or is it just not comparable, because one (WBR-2310) is G while DIR-655 is N (and tested with N client)?
If so, how can your charts be compared if we consider only G performances?

 

[thiggins]

The comparison (throughput vs path loss) between dlink WBR-2310 and DIR-655, in the Azimuth downlink average throughput test, is an example of hardware improvement?

Or is it just not comparable, because one (WBR-2310) is G while DIR-655 is N (and tested with N client)?
If so, how can your charts be compared if we consider only G performances?

Comparing G to N throughput is apples to oranges because N has higher throughput to start with.
What you can compare in the throughput vs. path loss charts (which we stopped doing awhile ago) is where the curves stop. That shows maximum range.

You can't easily infer anything about G performance from the N charts except perhaps performance at the lower signal level test locations (E and F). N products generally switch down to G rates at those points.