There are very few a-only or n-only radios out there. Most of them will use either b or g if that's all you have.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Carson > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Wireless > > Well what I want to do is put a wireless card in my Linux server and > configure that as a router. So if I buy an 802.11 b/g card. Will people > with computers that have 802.11a or 802.11n card in them be able to > connect to my network. > > > Depends on your router....if it's a g, probably backwards compatible > to > > get > > both a and g. n cards can be backwards or not (most are),,,,,,some > only > > work > > at GHz.........It's the router that really counts and if you want to > cover > > all bands then get a Dual band ndraft router that works on both > 2.4ghz and > > GHz. i.e Linksys wrt600n/wrt610n.........Dlink dir-855......etc > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Carson > > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:49 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [H] Wireless > > > > Greetings, > > > > I have decided to create my first wireless network but I have a > question. > > If I use a wireless card that is listed as 802.11b/g does this mean > if > > someone has an 802.11a or 802.11n card they can't connect to my > network? > > > > Thanks > > > > Jason > > > > >
