From: "Glenn Meadows" 

I guess this part says it all:

"The bottom line: Though inconsistent, the D-Link N 650 router
performed admirably overall compared to its Draft N competition. Still, we
are unimpressed with how it measures up to the promise of 802.11n. Pass on
this for now; in fact, pass on all Draft N routers until the spec is
finalized. "

I thought the N spec was finalized, if not, wonder how far off it really is?

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Glenn M.
"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:44d789aa$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> The reviews have been rather mediocre for  the Draft-N routers from
> Netgear Linksys, D-Link and Buffalo
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/20/netgear-and-linksys-get-draft-n-routers-re
viewed/
>
> http://cnet.nytimes.com/D_Link_RangeBooster_N_650_DIR_635_wireless_router/450
5-3319_7-31841162.html
>
>
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:44d77d7b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>I guess the real key is what type of WAP they use.  Some of the real heavy
>>duty ones, claim to be able to support more concurrent users than the
>>typical home WAP, for sure.
>>
>> I've been looking at the Draft N units, and some are claiming up to and
>> over 300MB throughput.  Wonder if the WAN ports can run at GIG speeds, to
>> dump into a gig backbone?
>>
>> I might move my home WLAN to one of the N units, just to get off the
>> a/b/g band.  There are about 11 WLANS that show up in my location, and
>> mine is doing what Anti's is doing now, drop/re-attach during the
>> evening.  A royal PITA if you're downloading files and such, getting
>> disconnected all the time.  I've tried shifting to different frequencies,
>> but no real success. I'm only about 20 feet from the base station, thru
>> one dry-wall wall.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Glenn M.
>> "JaneL"  wrote in message
>> news:44d77752$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> "Glenn Meadows" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yikes, how many cubes, and how many access points?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Dunno exactly, and I don't have a seating chart available right now to
>>> look at and count.  I wasn't involved in this move other than to be
>>> asked about my seating preference (window, please, and don't care about
>>> the view - just the light - so I'm to have a lovely view of I-385 at
>>> rush hour).
>>>
>>> It will be interesting to see how it all works if what I was told about
>>> the entire office being wireless is true and not just the conference
>>> rooms! When I retired in December from my last position, the building I
>>> was in was getting all its conference rooms set up for wireless, and I
>>> understand it's been working well there.  Cubes and offices were
>>> remaining wired, though.
>>>
>>
>>
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