Speaking of wireless

[Jon Hall]

802.11g will be 54 MBit/sec, just as "a" is. It will be in the 2.4 GHz
frequency range just as 802.11b, microwave ovens, some cordless phones.

802.11g will have better range than 802.11a, due to its lower frequency and
lesser ability to be absorbed by people, leaves, etc.

802.11b and 802.11g are usable over in Europe and Asia because their frequencies
are in the 2.4GHz range.  802.11a is only legally available and usable on this
side of the pond.

802.11g will probably be out early next year.  Until it is, I would recommend
buying 802.11b or compatible.

As to access points, I got an SMC, which has three wired ports, a parallel
printer port that works with both windows and Linux and allows them (and my
notebook working off a wireless LAN) to share a printer, and a WAN port for the
DSL modem.  The unit uses a web browser to set it up, and has been working
flawlessly for several months now.

I bought a 900 MHz phone, which sits happily next to it.  The phone is not
affected by either the wireless LAN nor the microwave.

>And why did they go from b to g? What happened to c,d,e, and f??

Actually they went from "b" to "a" to "g".....and probably the same reason
that the Ford Model "T" car had a follow-on model that was the Model "A".

md
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