On Jul 19, 2013, at 12:31 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> I believe the earliest airport cards, the ones which are a "shortie" > PCMCIA card, are 802.11a, only, and that is probably why one might think > these can only work with an Apple Airport "access point", as by that time, > everyone (Cisco, and a great many others) had already moved beyond 802.11a > and were supporting 802.11b and 802.11n, but NOT 802.11a. The earliest Airport cards are "b" only. I don't recall ever hearing of Apple offering a card that supported "a". > > 802.11a is a poor design, which is undoubtedly why later "adopters" > eschewed Apple's preferred 802.11a, and went immediately with 802.11b or b > and n. > > Most WiFi USB dongles are 802.11b/n, and some of these are so highly > integrated that these can be made using only one LSI chip (Realtek), > whereas before, these required at least two chips (protocol chip and a > transmitter/receiver chip, as in the formerly ubiquitous ZyDas products). In general, (meaning Airport and non-Airport) cards support "b", newer ones support "b" & "g", and even newer ones also support "b", "g" & "n". Some third party cards also support "a". -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
