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From: mm on 6 Apr 2008 15:33
Does every wireless g router also transmit b?

If transmission speed is not a concern (because even slow is pretty
darn fast), should he buy a b card that is available, instead of a g
card that might never be available (It's a 10-year old Mac), and will
it likely work everywhere a g card does?



In another thread I wrote a lot, probably more than those in this
group wanted to read, about b vs. g cards.

A couple months ago I was on a trip with my first laptop and a
wireless b card,(generic but using prisma software, and I learned the
maker too. If it matters, I'll find it.)

It worked fine in a couple netcafes, but I also stayed at a dorm and
there it didn't work. The guys told me they were using g, and I
should buy a g card. Which I did. (a D-link b/g card) The software
interface was more comprehensive and seemed to support a lot more
features, but the card itself rarely worked**. I don't think the b
card ever worked, but all in all, I'm still asking, are there routers
that transmit g but not b.

For now, my friend is planning to use his Mac wirelessly, if possible,
at his brother's, who may not know what he is transmitting, but there
are a lot of other places too that he might want to use it.


**After the second card didn't work, the guy in charge let me unplug
the community computer, rarely used, and plug the cable straight into
my laptop, which worked fine.

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for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)
From: That Bloke on 6 Apr 2008 15:47
Wireless "g" routers can be set to connect with "b" and "g" clients or "g"
clients only. By default they communicated with both.

"mm" <NOPSAMmm2005(a)bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:6o8iv3hl0dn6msqn5i538hsmc5dgm0g845(a)4ax.com...
> Does every wireless g router also transmit b?
>
> If transmission speed is not a concern (because even slow is pretty
> darn fast), should he buy a b card that is available, instead of a g
> card that might never be available (It's a 10-year old Mac), and will
> it likely work everywhere a g card does?
>
>
>
> In another thread I wrote a lot, probably more than those in this
> group wanted to read, about b vs. g cards.
>
> A couple months ago I was on a trip with my first laptop and a
> wireless b card,(generic but using prisma software, and I learned the
> maker too. If it matters, I'll find it.)
>
> It worked fine in a couple netcafes, but I also stayed at a dorm and
> there it didn't work. The guys told me they were using g, and I
> should buy a g card. Which I did. (a D-link b/g card) The software
> interface was more comprehensive and seemed to support a lot more
> features, but the card itself rarely worked**. I don't think the b
> card ever worked, but all in all, I'm still asking, are there routers
> that transmit g but not b.
>
> For now, my friend is planning to use his Mac wirelessly, if possible,
> at his brother's, who may not know what he is transmitting, but there
> are a lot of other places too that he might want to use it.
>
>
> **After the second card didn't work, the guy in charge let me unplug
> the community computer, rarely used, and plug the cable straight into
> my laptop, which worked fine.
>
> If you are inclined to email me
> for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)


From: mm on 6 Apr 2008 16:16
On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 20:47:09 +0100, "That Bloke" <auchenblae(a)aol.com>
wrote:

>Wireless "g" routers can be set to connect with "b" and "g" clients or "g"
>clients only. By default they communicated with both.

That makes sense. I should have asked the guy at the dorm to turn on
b, if it was actually not on.

There were 5 or 6 or more other people who were using the wireless
with no troubles. I don't know why I had problems, but I won't be
there again for at least a year, maybe never.

At the time I was confused -- I seem to forget things quickly since i
turned 50 -- and thought it was the need to enter a password that
required me to get the new pc card. At the netcafes, no password was
required. And I knew the card that came with my laptop was an old
one. (Heck the whole computer was iirc 93 dollars on ebay, including
30 dollars for shipping, but it worked fine in every other way, except
maybe the microphone jack doesn't work, but the built-in mike does.)



>"mm" <NOPSAMmm2005(a)bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>news:6o8iv3hl0dn6msqn5i538hsmc5dgm0g845(a)4ax.com...
>> Does every wireless g router also transmit b?
>>
>> If transmission speed is not a concern (because even slow is pretty
>> darn fast), should he buy a b card that is available, instead of a g
>> card that might never be available (It's a 10-year old Mac), and will
>> it likely work everywhere a g card does?
>>
>>
>>
>> In another thread I wrote a lot, probably more than those in this
>> group wanted to read, about b vs. g cards.
>>
>> A couple months ago I was on a trip with my first laptop and a
>> wireless b card,(generic but using prisma software, and I learned the
>> maker too. If it matters, I'll find it.)
>>
>> It worked fine in a couple netcafes, but I also stayed at a dorm and
>> there it didn't work. The guys told me they were using g, and I
>> should buy a g card. Which I did. (a D-link b/g card) The software
>> interface was more comprehensive and seemed to support a lot more
>> features, but the card itself rarely worked**. I don't think the b
>> card ever worked, but all in all, I'm still asking, are there routers
>> that transmit g but not b.
>>
>> For now, my friend is planning to use his Mac wirelessly, if possible,
>> at his brother's, who may not know what he is transmitting, but there
>> are a lot of other places too that he might want to use it.
>>
>>
>> **After the second card didn't work, the guy in charge let me unplug
>> the community computer, rarely used, and plug the cable straight into
>> my laptop, which worked fine.
>>

If you are inclined to email me
for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)
From: Bill Kearney on 6 Apr 2008 22:11
>>Wireless "g" routers can be set to connect with "b" and "g" clients or "g"
>>clients only. By default they communicated with both.
>
> That makes sense. I should have asked the guy at the dorm to turn on
> b, if it was actually not on.

If it's off then it should stay off. Why leave B running and burden the G
network with having to take extra effort to handle the slower signal?

Get a G-capable card. They're cheap enough.

From: mm on 7 Apr 2008 03:19
On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 22:11:19 -0400, "Bill Kearney"
<wkearney99(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>>>Wireless "g" routers can be set to connect with "b" and "g" clients or "g"
>>>clients only. By default they communicated with both.
>>
>> That makes sense. I should have asked the guy at the dorm to turn on
>> b, if it was actually not on.
>
>If it's off then it should stay off. Why leave B running and burden the G
>network with having to take extra effort to handle the slower signal?

To save me 50 dollars.
>
>Get a G-capable card. They're cheap enough.

Where I was they were 50 dollars. And hard to find. It wasn't in
the US.

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