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noob ques: 801.11b or b/g

post #1 of 14
2/9/05 at 9:00pm
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I think I've got a fair handle on what the b and g mean, but I am wondering whether it is better to get a b/g wireless card or will just the b suffice?
Will be travelling with the laptop, using the wireless in hotels (or plugging it in if possible), at home it will be plugged into a hi-speed router.
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post #2 of 14
2/9/05 at 9:24pm
These days, you should go with b/g if at all possible. That said, b-only is fine for most net activity, but g would give you a nice boost if you ever need to do wireless file transfers across a local network at home or anywhere else.
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post #3 of 14
2/9/05 at 10:06pm
Go with a card that suppports b/g and a/b/g if possible. The Intel 2200 internal WiFi card is a good choise, and pretty cheap.

B will give you 99% guaranteed accessability and G (as mentioned by bloke)will give you an extra boost where it is supported.


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post #4 of 14
2/9/05 at 10:27pm
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Thanks , that makes sense to me!
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post #5 of 14
2/9/05 at 10:49pm
its probably better to go with b/g because the price difference isnt that much, plus you will soon start to see more and more g networks.
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post #6 of 14
2/9/05 at 11:31pm
what about the pre-N ones....hmmm....for now a B/G will be super...try to get one of the 108MBPS B/G ones
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post #7 of 14
2/9/05 at 11:52pm
Avoid B at all costs... There is rarely any reason to buy them, since they're not much cheaper.

In addition, 802.11b is often not even fast enough to get the most out of your internet connection. If you're getting only 2mbit on wireless and you have 3mbit DSL or 5mbit cable, like we do around here, 802.11b is a huge bottleneck.
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post #8 of 14
2/9/05 at 11:55pm
What are the cards. I still am uncertain as to what a 802.11b/g card is all about.

I am looking at a notebook (obviously) with a built in B connection. Thats the only misgiving I have about it. How would I go about installing an 802.11g card?
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post #9 of 14
2/10/05 at 12:13am
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Thanks, each post makes it clearer which laptop to buy. Pretty darn sure I am going with an Asus M6BNe. The other 15.4" lcs Asus had only the b.
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post #10 of 14
2/10/05 at 12:54am
If you have or plan on having a home network, then get the 11g capable card.

If you're using wireless internet to surf and download files, 11b is more than enough
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post #11 of 14
2/10/05 at 1:45am
B is often more than enough for all internet connections (at home)... since B supports up to 11 Mbps.
Most connections are only 5 Mbps or lower...

G is good, theoretically, but has many known issues with diconnections. Apparently, G has many problems with interference ...(e.g. cordless phones, other waves). Even though B and G run on relatively the same frequency, B is supposedly more stable for some reason.
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post #12 of 14
2/10/05 at 1:49am
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Originally Posted by gozi
What are the cards. I still am uncertain as to what a 802.11b/g card is all about.

I am looking at a notebook (obviously) with a built in B connection. Thats the only misgiving I have about it. How would I go about installing an 802.11g card?
USB or PCMCIA
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post #13 of 14
2/10/05 at 2:10am
I would go with PCMCIA as its usually the only place I really dont utilize heavily as opposed to USB.
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post #14 of 14
2/10/05 at 2:27am
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Originally Posted by AuroraS
B is often more than enough for all internet connections (at home)... since B supports up to 11 Mbps.
Most connections are only 5 Mbps or lower...

G is good, theoretically, but has many known issues with diconnections. Apparently, G has many problems with interference ...(e.g. cordless phones, other waves). Even though B and G run on relatively the same frequency, B is supposedly more stable for some reason.
due to how the wi-fi works, dont expect more than half the throughput. So if ur card says it is working at 11 mbps, then in reality, it is transfering at most 5.5 Mbps. However, most dsl, cable tops out at 3 Mbps anyways.
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