Discussion about
How to tell the difference between Wireless N and Wireless N (draft)
Is there a major difference in speed? How would you tell the difference if I need to buy one?
OK, what is the difference between Apple
MB763LL/A AirPort Extreme Wireless-N
Base Station and Apple AirPort Extreme
Base Station MB053LL/A.
MB763LL/A AirPort Extreme Wireless-N
Base Station and Apple AirPort Extreme
Base Station MB053LL/A.
I can't tell you about the model numbers but there have been two versions of the airport extreme. The first one shared the radios in it so you could do both 802.11g and 802.11n but to get the full bandwidth of N (270-300mps) you had to disable G. The wireless had to be set on N only in the 5 Ghz band. Most of us configured 'N only' and added an inexpensive Linksys to serve up the G band.
The next model out added Simultaneous dual-band Wi-Fi. There are two radios in it to serve up G on the 2.4Ghz and N on the 5Ghz range at full rated speeds.
The first version might have been 100mbit ethernet (I'm not sure because I don't have any gigabit equipment wired to it).
The second version is gigabit ethernet.
As far as I know, All N spec gear is still draft.
The next model out added Simultaneous dual-band Wi-Fi. There are two radios in it to serve up G on the 2.4Ghz and N on the 5Ghz range at full rated speeds.
The first version might have been 100mbit ethernet (I'm not sure because I don't have any gigabit equipment wired to it).
The second version is gigabit ethernet.
As far as I know, All N spec gear is still draft.
There is no difference at this point. The IEEE said that they are accepting the current N (draft) standards as final the next time they meet about it. You shouldn't be worried about the difference. They have been cranking out N devices using the same specs for a couple years now.
