Wireless Home Networking Simplified

Appendix B. 802.11n Wireless Channels

The 802.11n standard uses the same band (2.4 GHz) and channel plan (channels 1 through 11) as the 802.11b and 802.11g standards. However, 802.11n has two possible modes of operation: standard channel and wide channel. In the standard channel mode, 802.11n uses a single channel, very similar to 802.11b and 802.11g. In the wide channel mode, 802.11n uses a secondary channel to gain additional speed.

With the Linksys Wireless-N Broadband Router (WRT300N), you have the ability to choose between standard channel and wide channel modes. If you choose standard channel, then you are asked to select a wireless channel from 1 to 11, the same as 802.11b or 802.11g. In this case, the router acts like an 802.11g router, ...