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  • From: Edward Wesolowski <edwes AT idisplay.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] 802-11b v. 802-11g?
  • Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:44:48 -0500

At 04:41 PM 1/15/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> 802-11b gear is cheap and it's faster than my cable modem. Has anyone had
> experience with 802-11b v. 802-11g? ...thoughts, recommendations?
> Thanks
> Ed Wesolowski
>

If I had 802.11b and was only using it to surf the net, or stuff like
that, and it worked for me, I wouldn't upgrade. Mainly because g goes no
faster than b does because your bottlneck will be your high speed internet
connection which unless you have something unique isn't more than 11MB/s.

If I was starting out new and it was a toss up between b or g I'd buy g
because b is fading away.

If I want to copy stuff from one computer to another in bigger than simple
documents and on a regular basis g would be better because throughput is a
bit better with it, but honestly it's still pretty slow compared to wired.

But since b/g are compatible (100% in my house at least) I would start
with g. I've got Apple's Airports scattered around my home.

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Thanks Tom and also to Sil Greene for the wireless info. The postings were really helpful.
Ed Wesolowski









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