[NTLUG:Discuss] wireless network

[Tom Tumelty]

--- terry <linux at cowtown.net> wrote:
> Tom Tumelty wrote:
> 
> >I am considering a wireless SOHO network. Are there
> >advantages to  802.11G over  802.11B standard? I
> know
> >G is several times as fast as the B standard. 
> >
>  From what I gather:  802.11G is 54 megabits per
> second and 802.11B is 
> 11 megabits per second.  
> 
> Right now we're seeing 802.11B equipment dropping in
> price and being 
> superseded by 802.11G, which is good news for us
> bargain hunters that 
> don't need any more than 11 megabits per second.
> 
> I'm in research mode too and am in the market for
> reasonably priced 
> 802.11B wireless bridge(s).  
> Anyone see any deals out there, (like something less
> than $100 per copy), ?
> 

http://www.bestbuy.com  

http://www.officedepot.com

good prices on d-link



> >how do security and other capabilities of these
> >standards compare? 
> >
> 
> Security is same on both.  It sucks, but only sucks
> as far as the RF 
> goes.  It would be kind-of like leaving a bunch of
> cat-5 cables hanging 
> out the window of your building [hooked to a
> conventional network hub] 
> with a sign on 'em saying "Hook up to my network and
> try it out".
> 
> >
> >what are the ranges these standards are capable of
> >working in ? 
> >
> 
> They usually boast about 350' or so on a stock
> system, but that would be 
> without obstructions or clear line-of-site from
> transceiver to transceiver.
> The devices appear to run  somewhere between 50 to
> 100 miliwatts RF output.
> 
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any information.  
> >
> >I am sure i could look this information up but that
> >takes much time that i do not currently have and i
> am
> >hoping for some guidance at this point.
> >
> >
> >Thanks A Lot!!!!  
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> -- 
> Registered Linux User #188099
> <><
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