well i'm planning to get an apple airport extreme, but can i know with the price (RM709) i'm buying a 54mbps or 108mbps wireless router ? some more can anyone make me clear what mean 802.11n draft ? what does the draft mean ?

if you have a compatible 802.11n wireless adapter, your speed can up to 5 times of 54mbps.

Here is the brief description of 802.11n

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11#802.11n

well thx, i did read it before i post to this forum, well actually important question is does extreme support up to 108mbps data rate ?

yea. it is draftN for extreme. But anyway, you do need that your wireless devices (macbook, or whatever laptop or gadgets) that can support wifi draft-N. Else, you will only get 54mbps or lower, depend on your wireless devices.

ok, my macbook pro is with 802.11n so is it i can reach up to 108mbps data rate ?

yea.. sure. as long as your wireless devices can support 802.11n, then no problem.

wow, nice. thx. clear enough.

erm i think why don u wait for the release of time capsule ? since it come with 500gb of harddisk..

well extreme can share harddisk as well, so i can choose my harddisk storage so let said if my 500GB harddisk die i can replace it myself, but if the time capsule die u need to go to visit apple. haha cost u $$. well that's my thinking only. but time capsule is good as well, but extreme i think is pretty enough for me.

if both device run draft-N, then the speed should more than 108Mbps, theoretically.

well.. the price of time capsule ($469 sg)is about the price airportextreme ($288)plus a 320gb harddisk without any casing.. i think is cheaper if u straight buy time capsule rather than buy another external harddisk for it.. the price is only rm300 different. however it is just my opinion la.. is good to have external harddisk so u can bring it around...

well actually i'm going to bid the airport extreme instead of buying for apple store. but also depends on my luck can i bid a cheaper one. i'm bidding for brand new still unopen those. well what extreme lose is the time machines function work with time capsule instead of extreme.

just a few words of wisdom:

when you run 802.11b, don't expect a troughput of 12mbps. it will be more likely 2mbps max

when it's on 802.11g, you'll roughly get 20+mbps, if you are lucky

when it's 802.11n, then i suppose you can get somewhere in the 50's

just don't be dissapointed, thinking that the 108mbps can outperform a solid 100mbps ethrnet cable, which has a consistency of about 80mbps.

suiryuu, take note of these.

In theory, It is 108mbps. But in the real world, usually you get around 80-90% of the speed due to 'wireless'. If it is further from the wifi router, the speed is much lesser

This post has been edited by allvin: Jan 20 2008, 09:38 PM

don't quote me wrong. it's more like 40-50% efficiency, which means at 108mbps, you are likely to get 40 - 55mbps

ooo.. no wonder.. than good luck in bidding... but i think is hard to win the bid if you go to lelong

really? Ouch. I tot it suppose to be around 80-90%. Didn't expect to be that "low"

well yeah i know about that, it isn't run for the full speed. i know about that.