just got this router Netgear - RangeMax NEXT Wirelss Router model WNDR3300 & using the Netgear WNDA3100 USB adapter. so this is the new N router, and hmm it is backward compatible with G... so i have 2 connections, the N connection and the G connection, now my laptop and Wii are going through the G connection, but since i have the N adapter, i want to connect this computer to the N connection, but it refuses and goes to the G automatically, and i am just confused.. my N connection is on channel 157 and my G is on channel 11, i am using the Netgear smartwizard, and i connect to the channel 157 N and when it connects it says channel 11, both SSID's are the same name & passworded, if i do not have the same SSID i cannot use WPS client. anyone have any ideas? do i need to change the SSID name? note, i do not know what a WPS client is. and i do not know if the computer the router is connected to is running the N connection either, so if anyone could help me figure this out, would be much appreciated.
ok hurray for new problem i changed the mode in my router to "up to 270Mbs at 2.4ghz" which is only N, which means 1 SSID and yea, i restarted my router/modem, and now i am connected to it, i ran a speedtest and for some reason, my download speed is worse than it was, lol... i am going to change it back until i get some feedback. the other mode is "up to 270Mbs at 5ghz and 54Mbs at 2.4ghz" this mode enables the N & G and 2 SSID's...
Well, unless your pipe is 270Mbps, then it won't make a difference how fast your LAN is. Having a faster LAN than Internet connection is completely useless unless you're doing a lot of local transfers.