higginst
join:2005-04-16
Earlysville, VA
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Re: N signal problems (WRT310N)
There *is* WEP in draft 11n. Support just isn't mandatory, so most wireless chipset manfs have chosen to not optimize performance and limit the link rate to 54 Mbps.
Ralink actually does support WEP and WPA/TKIP in its draft 11n chipsets that have virtually the same performance as WPA2/AES.
See the plot for the Belkin N Wireless Router.
»www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/···01/1/14/
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JohnInSJ
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join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA
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| Right - ok, for *his specific draft N router, and nearly every other one you could buy today* using WEP will force the router out of N mode completely, so there will be no way to get faster then G speed out of it. Besides the fact that using WEP is about the same as using mac filtering... |
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