wireless cards & Linux

[James Gallagher]

> 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
>
True, another poster got the correct info in just after me. Not sure where
I got the idea from ...

Cheers,
James