Which wireless broadband to go with??

[Guest]

I'm have no idea which wireless broadband to go with, the 802.11g or the 802.11b?? I only have 1 IBM laptop at home with XP Professional running on it. I don't see using a 2nd computer at home any time soon, as I'm really the only one that uses it. I have a HP printer connected to the I primarily use to download digital photos of my daughter and print them off.

So with that being said, can anyone tell me which broadband I should go with? People at work have been telling me that I should have gone with the 802.11g. 1 day ago I bought the 802.11b and loaded onto my laptop along with the wireless pc card, but I'm worried that maybe I should take it back and get the newer one

Please help........

~Debra

 

[Claire]

I'm have no idea which wireless broadband to go with, the 802.11g or the

802.11b?? I only have 1 IBM laptop at home with XP Professional running on
it. I don't see using a 2nd computer at home any time soon, as I'm really
the only one that uses it. I have a HP printer connected to the I primarily
use to download digital photos of my daughter and print them off.

So with that being said, can anyone tell me which broadband I should go

with? People at work have been telling me that I should have gone with the
802.11g. 1 day ago I bought the 802.11b and loaded onto my laptop along
with the wireless pc card, but I'm worried that maybe I should take it back
and get the newer one?

Please help.........

~Debra

Hi Debra,
I'm a bit confused over what hardware you've got there. I know you have a
wireless card but what does it talk to? a wireless router/ broadband modem?

Of course it's always nice to have the latest standards in hardware but if
you can't see yourself needing a network for at least a year or two then the
802.11b standard of wireless networking is more than enough for internet DSL
bandwidth.

 

[allan grossman [mbp]]

Hi, Debra -

IMO as long as you're not networking computers at home
all you really need is a wireless connection that's
faster than your Internet connection - and 802.11b most
likely is

If you add another PC to the network and plan to copy
files between the machines you might appreciate the
increased throughput of 802.11g, but until then I think
what you've got will probably work just fine.

Hope this helps -

-----Original Message-----
I'm have no idea which wireless broadband to go with,

the 802.11g or the 802.11b?? I only have 1 IBM laptop
at home with XP Professional running on it. I don't see
using a 2nd computer at home any time soon, as I'm really
the only one that uses it. I have a HP printer connected
to the I primarily use to download digital photos of my
daughter and print them off.

So with that being said, can anyone tell me which

broadband I should go with? People at work have been
telling me that I should have gone with the 802.11g. 1
day ago I bought the 802.11b and loaded onto my laptop
along with the wireless pc card, but I'm worried that
maybe I should take it back and get the newer one?

 

[Guest]

802.11b and 802.11g are wireless standards it does not
matter which one you use since you do not have any other
computers on your network. 802.11b operates at 11mega bits
per second. 802.11g operates at 54 mbs. This would make a
bib difference if you had to communicate with other
computers on a lan, however in your case the speed of your
connection will be determined by your ISP. Even if you had
a direct T1 line connected to your computer the best speed
you coulg get is 1.5 mbs. Furthermore 802.11g & B both
work at 2.4MHz so a g device will be backwards compatible
with a B device. 802.11B has also been around longer and
is tried and true. most wireless access points in airports
starbucks are 802.11b compliant. So in my humble opinion
you do not have to spend the extra money on a G device

-----Original Message-----
I'm have no idea which wireless broadband to go with, the

802.11g or the 802.11b?? I only have 1 IBM laptop at
home with XP Professional running on it. I don't see
using a 2nd computer at home any time soon, as I'm really
the only one that uses it. I have a HP printer connected
to the I primarily use to download digital photos of my
daughter and print them off.

So with that being said, can anyone tell me which

broadband I should go with? People at work have been
telling me that I should have gone with the 802.11g. 1
day ago I bought the 802.11b and loaded onto my laptop
along with the wireless pc card, but I'm worried that
maybe I should take it back and get the newer one?