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802.11g or 802.11g wifi?
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Hi All,
My brand-new BTO PB 1.5ghz 15" should be arriving any day now. I have, already setup, a Promix Orinoco AP-600 b/g wireless router. The router allows me to select from a host of stds for the wireless antennae. My Wintel laptop died, so I won't be needing to offer 'b' in my house anymore (never could get the 'g' cards to work on that machine).
The AP-600 allows me to pick '802.11g' or '802.11g wifi'. I run, what I believe is called a 'closed system,' whereby I enter in only the MAC addresses of the wireless cards which I want to have access to the network.
Which standard should I select for the best match to my new PB? Is the 'wifi' std more for when you want to offer access to your friends stopping by and what-not?
Thanks,
Curtis
(Last edited by tastethepain; Jul 11, 2004 at 04:42 PM.
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I don't know what '.11g wifi' is, unless it's something isolated to the router. The whole point of the b and g standards is that they are standardized.
Stick with plain g. If you want to restrict access, the router should be able to do that via MAC address, password, or both. I find a strong password is sufficient to keep out freeloaders.
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The "WiFi" standard is a weird one, in that they are constantly moving what it means (and this is actually in the plans).
Originally WiFi meant 802.11b, then the added the first of the security layers (useless). It then moved to mean 802.11g, and then included web, and now they are moving to include another security standard.
What this means is that we don't really know what your hardware means by WiFi. I would guess that it means WEP is included, but without a lot of looking into things, who knows?
Apple's latest round of AirPort software is up to date with WiFi at the moment, so you could probably use either, you just might have to type the name in in hex...
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According to the manual (firmware version 2.4.11, page 51) the 802.11g wifi mode "was developed for WiFi compliance testing purposes" and "is similar to 802.11g only mode."
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Glenn -----
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Thank you guys. I think that I'll be sticking with 802.11g.
Why every networking hardware mfr seems to want to offer their own customization, I'll never know.
Cheers,
Curtis
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Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001
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Originally posted by tastethepain:
Thank you guys. I think that I'll be sticking with 802.11g.
Why every networking hardware mfr seems to want to offer their own customization, I'll never know.
Cheers,
Curtis
At least all of them except Apple use the same terminology when refering to common settings and features...Makes it #$%^ hard to get a Mac integrated into a non-Apple network.
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