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Name: Floofer
Date: January 15, 2007 at 19:06:51 Pacific
Subject: Router, Adapter Compadibility
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: 2.8ghz(Dual) 2gb RAM
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I was wondering if I had a Linksys Wireless-N Router, Would I be able to use the D-Link 108mps Gaming Adapter for a console, such as Xbox, Playstation? And would it get the full 108mps within about 100 feet of the router?


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Response Number 1
Name: Curt R
Date: January 16, 2007 at 15:24:42 Pacific
Subject: Router, Adapter Compadibility
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At this point in time, the 802.11n is not standardized. Regardless, manufacturers are rushing equipment out the door.

What does lack of a standard mean to end users? It means the chances of different brand names of equipment working together is somewhere between NIL and nonexistent.

So to answer your question, not bloody likely.

Also, there's no guarantee you will get 100 Mbps transfer rates using equipment from the same manufacturer. If you really want 100 Mbps, or better, transfer rates, a wired network is still the best and most reliable solution.


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Response Number 2
Name: Floofer
Date: January 16, 2007 at 16:01:22 Pacific
Subject: Router, Adapter Compadibility
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Thank you. Also one more thing on your Rushing Wireless N things. have you heard anything about a Wireless N Gaming Adapter?


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Response Number 3
Name: Floofer
Date: January 16, 2007 at 16:07:17 Pacific
Subject: Router, Adapter Compadibility
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Sorry, I forgot to add this in. Could I use a Wireless N (Linksys) Access Point with PoE for a network adapter, with a Xbox, Playstation? Thanks again.


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Response Number 4
Name: Curt R
Date: January 17, 2007 at 04:53:40 Pacific
Subject: Router, Adapter Compadibility
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Do you understand how PoE works? Either you have a switch that's PoE capable, or you have to have an injector that's plugged into the ethernet cable that runs to whatever the cable is plugged into. PoE is a hardwired solution. By that I mean, whatever you're supplying PoE to, is physically plugged into the network. PoE can't work on something that's not physically plugged into the network.

We use PoE AP's where I work. They are physically plugged into the network with injectors on the cable. Our VoIP phones are also PoE. They get their their power from the PoE capable switch they're plugged into.

As to an 802.11n adapter for gaming, I don't know. Once it's a standard, and in use in industry, I'll pay more attention to it.


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