At 9:44 PM -0500 7/23/03, Jeremy Derr wrote: >On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 09:38 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: > >>Actually, you didn't have to return the WAP. You would have gotten better >>reception with a G card and a B WAP. >> >>My two cents. > >actually... 802.11G is much shorter range than 802.11B. typical use, with most >consumer grade routers, pegs the range of G equipment at around 50 feet. for G >equipment to work past that range, it scales back to the B protocol. >
802.11g uses a much wider channel bandwidth, so wide it takes up three 802.11b channels. If G uses the same power to cover three bands as B uses for one that could explain your postulate that G range is shorter than B. Paul -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
