802.11b vs 802.11g

[Dr. Ghastly]

It hasn't been fully approved. There are two committes, and it has passed
only one of them so far. Final approval is expected in July

Also, go to tomshardware.com for a god article discussing the pros and cons


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Brown" <kevin_brown@qwest.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: 802.11b vs 802.11g


> BoBB wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 08:43:20PM -0700, Kevin Brown wrote:
> >
> >>2) 802.11g is capable of 55Mbps versus 11Mbps for 11b and is backwards
> >>compatible to 11b.
> >
> >
> >>From what I have read its "capable" of 55mbps but average performance is
> > the same as 802.11b, mainly because the spec on 802.11g is not completed
> > yet and so the hardware is not full spec. You'll probably get extra
> > speed out of 802.11g but not very much, and you will most likely end up
> > wanting to upgrade the hardware either way because I think 802.11g will
> > end up becoming the standard, as fast as 802.11a and backwards
> > compatible etc etc ... again this is just what i've heard or read, could
> > be wrong.
> >
>
> Last I checked the spec had been finalized.  The newest Apples come with
802.11g
> wireles cards in the Powerbook line.  Both Apple and Cisco have released
802.11g
>   access points.
>
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