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Originally Posted by id10t
Depends on what you want to do on your network. Just sharing internet connection no reason, although you can't buy a *just* B box at a bestbuy, etc. these days, For moving large files, streaming movies (audio is fine on 11mb), etc. you want faster.
Your connectivity problems may be channel related - manually set it to 1 or 11 (6 is middle and default for most, so lots of collision space if you are close to others, also portable phones, etc. The other channels overlap slightly into themselves.
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To be slightly more accurate - 802.11b/g use the 2.4 Ghz spectrum and consist of 11 channels (2.4 Ghz wide) starting at 2.4ghz(ch1) ending at 2.473 (ch11). Each channel is 2.4ghz wide so in that range there are three that do not overlap. 1, 6 and 11. A great many consumer grade wireless devices come set to channel 6. If there is an auto setting, that might work better. Your best chance for a good signal is to do a simple wireless survey of your airspace. Download 'netstumbler' onto one of your wireless computers and run it for a bit to see which channels are in use. Pick the best one that is NOT in use or has the least amount of use.