Re: [SLUG] Wireless Routers and Bridges

From: SOTL (sotl155360@earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Jan 08 2005 - 08:21:40 EST


On Friday 07 January 2005 09:44 pm, Eben King wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, SOTL wrote:
> > PS they have class G for $29.00. Last day of sale is 8 Jan 05.
>
> Seeme to me that unless your net connection is faster than 802.11b speeds
> (11 Mb/s half duplex max, I get around half that) or you transfer a lot of
> data between a wireless machine and another machine on your LAN, then
> upgrading from b to g doesn't buy you any speed. The security might be
> worth something though.

It may not buy any speed but you can NOT physically buy B devices at CompUSA
[and I would assume all other stores]. You may find G level but everything I
saw on the shelf [except for the discount sales shelf by the front door] was
Super G.

Frank
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