Hi Chris, Actually, It is properly stated as follows: eight o 2 eleven g, or b or n, whichever standard is being referenced. Richard Justice www.blind-computing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Hallsworth To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:01 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Question about wireless cards,and broad band access cards.
Dale and all, the standard is actually called 802.11x, where x is a letter, such as a, b, g, or n. It is not 811 as you stated. Just wanted to clear any confusion that may arose. Chris Hallsworth BrailleNote mPower user ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Question about wireless cards,and broad band access cards. > Just to elaborate a little more. > > A wireless and a WIFY are the same, a wireless radio which will send and > receive data to and from your computer. > > A broadband card might refer to a network card more commonly attached to > the network through a RJ45 connector. This is not wireless but an Ethernet > direct connect adapter.. > > Many laptop, otherwise known as notebook computers will have both types of > network adapter, particularly those built over the past four or five > years. > > The wireless standards have evolved from 811B and 811G there was an > earlier standard "a ##" I just now forget. The 811B goes up to 11.0 MBPS > the 811G to 56.0 MBPS. > > The network card standards usually seen are Ethernet 10 or 100 MBPS. Again > in a notebook these are usually standard along with a standard telephone > type jack to accommodate the built-in modem. > > There are other wireless modes in many notebooks, probably most now, one > is the Infrared wireless adapter the other a Bluetooth wireless radio > frequency adapter. These differ in that you don't use them as part of the > network in the usual sense of that term, they are used to communicate with > peripherals wirelessly. Files can be transferred and address books > synchronized through these devices, things like cell phones, PDAs and > wireless headphones are the more usual connections made with those > wireless cards. > > Hope this doesn't just muddy the waters further. > > > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Ferrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 11:39 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Question about wireless cards,and broad band > access cards. > > >> This is a little off topic but just kind of on the edge. Never the less a >> wireless card is just exactly that, it doesn't require a wire to connect >> it >> up to your outer. It is a broad band card just like a wired card, so in >> that >> respect there's no difference. I must say these are very good questions >> well >> phrased. >> David Ferrin >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 11:27 AM >> Subject: [JAWS-Users] Question about wireless cards,and broad band access >> cards. >> >> >> Good morning everyone: >> >> I have a del laptop 8600, that has a wireless card in it. My question is >> this. What's the differents between a wireless card, and a broad band >> access card. Second, What's the differents between all of these,and a >> wify >> card. 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