Router N Vs Adapter G

[Nova77]

Greetings all!

I've currently ordered a Virgin Media Wireless Broadband package, but the router they've given me is an "N Router". Now, Virgin have told me that I have to get their wireless "G adapters", but they cost £30 per adapter. I need 8 of these (I'm currently living with 7 students!), so this total comes to quite a cost. Now many of us have G adapters, either with previous wireless router packages or are simply built into our laptops as standard. I was wondering if its necessary to purchase these extra N adapters for the N router, or just keep the G adapters and ignore Virgin.

Thanks!

-James

 

[claykin]

Greetings all!

I've currently ordered a Virgin Media Wireless Broadband package, but the router they've given me is an "N Router". Now, Virgin have told me that I have to get their wireless "G adapters", but they cost £30 per adapter. I need 8 of these (I'm currently living with 7 students!), so this total comes to quite a cost. Now many of us have G adapters, either with previous wireless router packages or are simply built into our laptops as standard. I was wondering if its necessary to purchase these extra N adapters for the N router, or just keep the G adapters and ignore Virgin.

Thanks!

-James

Ignore Virgin. They want to make their life easy from a support perspective. Please send Richard our best regards.

Hopefully you are comfortable configuring them and/or upgrading drivers if necessary....

 

[Nova77]

So you think that theres not need to buy newer adapters for the router? Just use our old ones? If so, that'll make my life a lot easier

 

[DaveMcLain]

You can use your existing "G" adapters with the "N" router and that shouldn't cause a problem because 802.11n is backwards compatible with 802.11g. With that said I do believe that since N is still a draft standard the overall interoperability of adapters/chipsets from various vendors can be a bit flaky sometimes. I'd try it and see how it works with your present adapters before spending any money on new ones.

 

[Nova77]

Thanks for your input! I'll take it into consideration