Mixed G & N Clients and available RAM?: MyOpenRouter

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March 11, 2010 8:23 PM

mseeley,

You would have to configure the router to support both G and N. Which would give you a max of 150Mps on N and 54 on G.

If you could configure the router to N only then you could get up to the promoted speed on 300 Mbps. For most fold the 150 is fast enough.

Regarding the RAM question. The 3500L has 64, the 3500 V2 has 32. Which one you should buy basically depends on if you want USB support available. Both will do about anything needed for basic routing purposes.

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March 12, 2010 12:54 AM

Hi Brandon, thank you for your reply. :)

150Mbps is a good increase over G and 300Mbps is a great reason to phase out G clients. Excellent info.

I think Amazon's product description is just wrong for the 3500L. My understanding is that the 3500 (v1 & v2, non 'L') do not have the USB and have 32MB of onboard ram. While the 3500L has 64MB and onboard USB. Amazon's listing (for model WNR3500L-100NAS) is somewhere in between with USB and 32MB ram. Other retailers list the same model correctly with 64MB ram. Again, thanks for the excellent info. :)

I've been running DD-WRT and later Tomato on a couple of WRTG54 for years. I'm happy to have the chance to keep the same software on updated hardware. Good stuff. :)

Cheers!

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March 12, 2010 1:27 PM

Brandon,

I have set dd-wrt wireless settings for 40mhz channel (300mbps) mixed mode. I am able to still connect G clients while N clients maintain 300mbps links. How is that possible?