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Old 04-02-2007   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by galadran
Ok thanks for the quick reply.

I don't know much about 802.11 b/g apart from the differing speeds.

However if thats the case why do some manufactures state a card is 802.11 b when they can pickup 802.11 g just as well?

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Galadran
They will detect the G networks just fine, but if the AP is configured to only accept G connections then the B will not connect to it, but it can still detect it.
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