[TriLUG] Wireless Access Points/Routers

Bill Vinson billvinson at nc.rr.com
Sun Jan 13 01:59:47 EST 2002


I will probably just go with 802.11b.  I can always plugin via the 
builtin 100BaseT ethernet.  802.11a seems like a bad idea as it is very 
expensive.  802.11g is hot on it's heels with pretty much the same 
bandwidth but with backward compatibility with 802.11b.

Thanks,
Bill

On Friday, January 11, 2002, at 11:03  AM, Justin Johnson wrote:

> I've seen a couple vendors on the net with WAP's that support 802.11a, 
> and I
> would imagine that 802.11b hardware will start coming down in price as a
> result of the new standard becoming available. You may want to consider
> waiting for 802.11a hardware yourself if you don't have to go wireless 
> at
> this point.
>
> If you're moving large files around you internal network, the extra 
> capacity
> that 'A' offers may be something you want to wait for.
>
> I currently have a Linksys router and WAP (separate units). I will have 
> to
> say that I have experienced having to reboot my WAP to get a 
> connection, but
> that was an older firmware version and have had no problems since 
> flashing
> it to the latest version.
>
> JJ




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