Wireless G card and Wireless N router?

I have a Dell Inspiron 9200 with a wireless G card installed. If I bought a Linksys Wireless N router, would my Dell connect to it?

 

It should but everything on the network will work using g not n.

 

Thanks.

When you say everything on the network, do you mean things like a wirless printer and things like that?

 

Yes any wireless device will revert to the lowest used standard. Obviously this won't affect wired devices.

 

You can do it, but I've seen wireless G cards get in trouble with wireless N routers sending mixed mode..

Frankly, wireless N is a waste of time. It's not standardized, it's *highly* overrated and realistically speaking, a good wireless G router will stomp on it for range. A Linksys pumps out about 27mW of power with 2dB antennas. The multiple antenna array enable it to utilize certain obstructions to it's advantage.

However, an Engenius ESR-1220 puts out 100mW of power and uses a 2dB. It will blast a signal significantly further than wireless N will. Of course it has a detachable antenna. Put an 8dB omni-directional on it and it will completely devastate any of the competition without even breaking a sweat.