Wireless N router and Wireless G AP question

[KnightRid]

OK, can I set the D-Link DIR-655 router to N Only and have a Linksys Wireless G Access Point wired to it with settings of G only?

I would imagine this would work if I have a different SSID for each of them..??

I bought a DWA-160 yesterday at Circuit City and was having problems - d-link told me it was because i had hardware revision A1 rather than B1, so I have to return it. Something with A1 not liking Vista. I tried it on my laptop running XP and I still could not connect a wireless N speeds though..?? I set the router to wireless N only but it kept showing it in the router as a 802.11g connection at 54 or 78mbps, which seems slow for wireless N.

I dunno if I am gonna run around trying to find a revision B1 or not, but you would think it should work on the xp system. I changed the router to N only so the other devices would not drag it down to g speeds, which in my opinion, SUX since I want the N devices to operate at N speeds and the G device to operate at G speeds without having to do the seperate SSID's with the AP and the router!

Any of you networking gurus have any suggestions? Unless I replace the notebook adapter, 2 computer adapters, the wii adapter and the psp, all with wireless N, I will always want to have a mixed network - ergo, the AP and router idea.

Thanx,
Mike

If you need to know the settings for the wireless just ask - I think it is mixed N and G, auto channel scan is enabled, BEST transmission rate - auto, and the channel width is auto 20/4omhz - I cant change it to 40 only unless I change it to N only.

Also could the problem be because the DWA-160 is a dual channel(well the 5ghz or 2.4ghz thing) device but my router is not?

[hnzw_rui]

OK, can I set the D-Link DIR-655 router to N Only and have a Linksys Wireless G Access Point wired to it with settings of G only?

I would imagine this would work if I have a different SSID for each of them..??

Yes, it should work. I haven't tried wireless N yet since it's really not practical to buy wireless adapters for all the laptops. However, back when the PSP didn't support WPA, I had my main router set to G-only mode with WPA and had a separate router (would you believe they're cheaper than access points?) operating in B-only mode with WEP (separate VLAN, w/MAC filtering) for the PSP.

Remember that the Wireless G access point has to operate in mixed mode, though. The PSP only has 802.11b.

[KnightRid]

OK, can I set the D-Link DIR-655 router to N Only and have a Linksys Wireless G Access Point wired to it with settings of G only?

I would imagine this would work if I have a different SSID for each of them..??

Yes, it should work. I haven't tried wireless N yet since it's really not practical to buy wireless adapters for all the laptops. However, back when the PSP didn't support WPA, I had my main router set to G-only mode with WPA and had a separate router (would you believe they're cheaper than access points?) operating in B-only mode with WEP (separate VLAN, w/MAC filtering) for the PSP.

Remember that the Wireless G access point has to operate in mixed mode, though. The PSP only has 802.11b.

Sweet thanx!

Forgot about the psp being 802.11b - thought my slim was g oh well - I actually have an old 802.11b router also..LOL...I could have one router for B, one AP for G, and the other router for N - LOL.

Mike

Why the hell cant all these operate at their respective speeds on just one router - this SUX!