Another point made to me is that the dual frequency products suffer when a slow connection hooks up. The AP works on time division, so a or g clients would suffer for each b client accessing the network.
Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Simkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Joel Jaeggli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lile Elam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [BAWUG] Current 802.11 market > It seems like a bit of 'best-fit' choice between the 3. > Thanks for all the responses! > > So for: > Higher bandwidth, range/bandwidth loss - 802.11a > Lower bandwidth, longer range - 802.11b > Relatively unproven but potentially a good compromise - 802.11g > > My next question is 'Has anyone dealt with 802.11g?'. If so, can you post a > lowdown on how it performs (security too if poss)? > > Thanks again, > > Rob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joel Jaeggli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Lile Elam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 10:40 PM > Subject: Re: [BAWUG] Current 802.11 market > > > > g ap's are backward compatible with b which isn't quite the same thing as > > interoperable... particulary as some of theem were released before the > > standard was ratified... > > > > a operates in the 5ghz ism band... > > > > a-b-g cards are hitting the marketplace and dual a-b ap's are now > > relativly commonplace. a has the advantage of having at least 8 > > non-overlapping channels. > > > > I don't personally see any of them being a clear winner although devices > > that support just b will likely be supplanted by devices that support 2 or > > more of the standards. > > > > joelja > > > > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Lile Elam wrote: > > > > > Well I could be wrong but I was under the impression that 802.11g > > > could interoperate with a and b. > > > > > > Prehaps I need to go read the specs... > > > > > > -lile > > > > > > hacker artist > > > GeekMaids.Com - Creating Order out of Chaos... Cleaning and Beyond! > > > -- > > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Joel Jaeggli Academic User Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- PGP Key Fingerprint: 1DE9 8FCA 51FB 4195 B42A 9C32 A30D -- > > In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last > > resort of the scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but > > inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first. > > -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" > > > > > > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
