Re: wifi questions

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From: Sooner Al (SoonerAl_at_somewhere.net.invalid)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 13:21:37 -0600

Better read my second answer...:-) 

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"Jon Vaughan" <jonnyvaughan@eircom.net> wrote in message news:brk9c.2450$qP2.7909@news.indigo.ie...
> By the sounds of what you have written , a router that can take on both
> standards without having to drop to the lowest speed would be perfect, the
> reason why I think that they may have to drop down to a lower 802.11b speed,
> is I have read that some wireless routers that have a "TURBO" switch , which
> prevents "B" accessing the network.
> 
> jon
> 
> "Sooner Al" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
> news:Os30R8CFEHA.684@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> I have a Buffalo WBR-G64 that is currently configured for a mixed mode,
> ie. it can have both 802.11g
>> and b clients, versus configuring for either all g or all b clients. The
> built-in help implies that
>> both type clients can access the device at their individual speeds, ie. g
> clients at the higher rate
>> than the b clients at the same time when the mixed mode is configured. I
> use an iPAQ 5555 device,
>> and unfortunately do not have a laptop or other 802.11g equipped device to
> test that out...
>>
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>> "Jon Vaughan" <jonnyvaughan@eircom.net> wrote in message
> news:P9k9c.2449$qP2.7937@news.indigo.ie...
>> > Hi ,
>> >
>> > Im trying to undertsand a little about wifi networks, I'm going to get a
>> > wireless g router - which is running on the 802.11g standard , I will
>> > conenct my home PC onto the network via an 802.11g card and also have my
>> > IPAQ on it, the problem lies in the IPAQ being 802.11b.
>> >
>> > The question is when devices running a 802.11b connect to the network ,
> does
>> > the whole network have to run at this lower speed ?
>> >
>> > Thanks In advance
>> >
>> > Jon
>> >
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