wireless cards & Linux

[Bob Nielsen]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 04:46:52PM +0800, James Gallagher wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 19:42, Luis Murillo wrote:
> >> ok, but are there any 802. 11B cards, because you only mention the g
> >> cards and I think that would be too overkill for me at the moment and
> >> would prefer to buy a b only card. Though I know that g cards can
> >> connect to B networks.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>    >Many thanks for that.
> >>    >I found this site as a result.
> >>    >http://prism54.org/supported_cards.php
> >>
> >> lmurillo
> >>
> >
> > Can someone enlighten me as to the difference between b and g please?
> >
> > David
> 
> Basically (and I mean basically) it comes down to two things; speed
> (theoretical max) and radio frequency.
> Type    Speed    Frequency
> --------------------------
> b       11Mbps   2.4GHz
> g       54Mbps   5GHz
> 
> They're interoperable standards. I'm sure there are some other differences
> but these are the ones that come to mind for me.
> 

I  believe 802.11G is at 2.4 GHz (otherewise it wouldn't be 
interoperable).  802.11A is at 5 GHz.

Bob