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Wireless Network Connections
I'm about to display my ignorance, so try not to be too harsh in replying.
I have two computers, one running Windows 7 64 Ultimate, and one running Windows XP SP3. I also have a Netgear WNDR3300 Wireless Router. It is connected to the Windows 7 system by cable to the network adapter. On the Windows XP system, I have a Linksys Cisco WUSB600N Wireless USB Network Adapter. The two systems are networked, and that seems to be working OK, except for the fact that the wireless connection between the XP machine and the router is weak, and is sometimes lost. As you may know, the router is a Dual Band model, with both a 2.4 GH and a 5 GH modes, and both can be oprating at the same time.
I've been told that though the 5 GH mode is much less vulnerable to interference, it also has less range than the 2.4 GH Mode. Right now, both computers are connected to the router at the 5 GH mode. So I was thinking that I might try the XP machine (the one with the wireless adapter) on the 2.4 GH Mode connection. And this rather long winded bit of background leads to my question.
If I leave the Windows 7 machine connected to the router by the cable, on the 5 GH mode, and change the Windows XP machine to connect to the router on the 2.4 GH Mode, will this mess up the network connections between the two machines? That is, though both will still have connections to the router, they will be on different modes, and I don't know if that is workable or not. Any information on this is appreciated.