I have a basic misunderstanding about how devices on a wireless network share the network's data transmission speed.
I have an all-802.11n network which currently operates with a top speed of 270 Mbps. Does this mean that each n client on the WLAN can communicate with the router at 270 Mbps? Or is the 270 Mbps shared among all n clients on the network, so that if two or more devices are active on the network at the same time, the top speed of each will be some fraction of 270Mbps?
To make things even more complicated: What would happen if I add an 802.11g client to the network (say a printer or a Roku.) Does the g client operate at 'g speed' while the n clients operate at 'n speed'? Or does the entire network now operate at 'g speed' -- even if the g client is powered off?
As you can imagine, I also don't understand the difference between '802.11n mode' and 'mixed 802.11n and 802.11g mode' in my router's configuration settings.
If this is too big of a topic for a forum post, I'll be grateful for some prods in the right direction.
Thanks for your help.
I have an all-802.11n network which currently operates with a top speed of 270 Mbps. Does this mean that each n client on the WLAN can communicate with the router at 270 Mbps? Or is the 270 Mbps shared among all n clients on the network, so that if two or more devices are active on the network at the same time, the top speed of each will be some fraction of 270Mbps?
To make things even more complicated: What would happen if I add an 802.11g client to the network (say a printer or a Roku.) Does the g client operate at 'g speed' while the n clients operate at 'n speed'? Or does the entire network now operate at 'g speed' -- even if the g client is powered off?
As you can imagine, I also don't understand the difference between '802.11n mode' and 'mixed 802.11n and 802.11g mode' in my router's configuration settings.
If this is too big of a topic for a forum post, I'll be grateful for some prods in the right direction.
Thanks for your help.