I'm on cable broadband, and my router has broken down. ( I was getting a really weird problem, where my wirelessly connected devices wouldn't connect properly unless the wired computer was turned on....I know, it doesn't make sense. trust me I tried everything, the router must be broken)
Anyway I'm looking at a netgear wireless cable router (http://www.netgear.co.uk/rangemaxnext_wirelessrouters_wnr854t.php) and wanted to know whether it would be worth getting it without upgrading my network cards/adapters.
They are all 802.11g or 802.11b, and although they will apparently work with this router (802.11n), I'm worried I won't be getting the most (top speeds) out of the router? Not knowing a great deal about networking, I'm guessing the 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n, all work off the same data protocol, but work at faster frequencies respectively? If so, then I wouldn't get the fastest speeds using a 802.11g wireless card with a 802.11n router right?...(slower frequency, slower data transfer)
Also I want to ask, from previous experience, would you say that Netgear is generally better than Belkin? (It's a Belkin router that has just bust over here.)
Thanks for the help.
Anyway I'm looking at a netgear wireless cable router (http://www.netgear.co.uk/rangemaxnext_wirelessrouters_wnr854t.php) and wanted to know whether it would be worth getting it without upgrading my network cards/adapters.
They are all 802.11g or 802.11b, and although they will apparently work with this router (802.11n), I'm worried I won't be getting the most (top speeds) out of the router? Not knowing a great deal about networking, I'm guessing the 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n, all work off the same data protocol, but work at faster frequencies respectively? If so, then I wouldn't get the fastest speeds using a 802.11g wireless card with a 802.11n router right?...(slower frequency, slower data transfer)
Also I want to ask, from previous experience, would you say that Netgear is generally better than Belkin? (It's a Belkin router that has just bust over here.)
Thanks for the help.