In case you are planning to buy wireless PCI/USB

[Paul Kozlenko]

Most wireless routers will only support 802.11b or 802.11g at one time. 
Therefore, if there is a third device {somehwere nearby} communicating 
with the router that is 802.11b. The router will switch to the lower 
speed and the others will be forced to the same as a result. Not sure if 
they actually have to connect and get an IP or what.

There are some newer {relative} routers that can support multi-speed 
simultaneous. ($$$) I couldn't tell you the model however.

- Paul

William Park wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 04:51:13PM -0500, Taavi Burns wrote:
>   
>> On 12/21/05, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>     
>>> I just joined the wireless revolution, and I'm not impressed.
>>> I bought
>>>     - Airlink AWLH3026 PCI -- Ralink 2561 chip
>>>     - Airlink AWLL3026 USB -- ZyDAS 1211 chip (cheap clipped on plastic case)
>>>
>>> Manufacturer changed the chipset on me.  So, what I got wasn't what
>>> others reported, and it took some time/effort before I could locate
>>> source-code drivers.  Anyways, it's kind of cool to see USB key booting
>>> off, and doing X-terminal session through USB wireless. :-)
>>>
>>> But, I'm getting only 11Mbit (802.11b), when both end of Ad-Hoc wireless
>>> is 54Mbit (802.11g).  They're bloody 2m apart!
>>>       
>> Are the wireless device and USB port USB1.1 or USB2.0?  USB1.1 has a
>> maximum throughput of 12Mbps.  If they're both USB2.0, but a USB1.1
>> device is hooked up to the same bus as a USB2.0 device then it's also
>> possible that the 1.1 device could interfere with the maximum
>> bandwidth available.
>>     
>
> One end is the above PCI card.  The other end is the above USB 2.0
> stick.  Both are 802.11b/g.  Maybe it's just factory default, and I
> probably have to set some registers.
>
>   
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