Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Odd Wireless LAN problem

----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Davies" <wmd04r@???>
To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Odd Wireless LAN problem


> >
>> Forgive me replying to my own post, but there is no switch to mixed mode
>> on the AP or on the used laptop. Does this mean that:
>>
>> * My wife's laptop (bought last month) can revert back to 802.11b
> No, brand new laptops would come with 802.11g the newer, faster standard
> so I would guess this is what your wife's is. It is possible that out of
> the box your home access point defaults to just 802.11g.
>> * My older laptop (at least 2 years older but bought yesterday) can't
>> connect to 802.11b but (presumably) can connect to 802.11g (if that's
>> what they had in my office).
> No, the corporate WLANs you see will probably be configured to accept
> connections using either standard this is "mixed mode". From poking your
> laptop into google it looks very much like your wireless card is 802.11b
> unless it has been upgraded at some stage.
>
>
> 802.11b is the older wireless protocol that supports 11 Mbit/s
> 802.11g is the newer wireless protocol that supports 54 Mbit/s
>
> I would be very surprised if it was not possible to set the *access point*
> to allow connections using both protocols. At this point it might be
> helpful for you to tell us what the model of your access point is, maybe
> someone else here has one.
>

It's a Belkin F5D6130. According to the sticker on the bottom of it, it's
802.11b only.

Thanks
Rob