Re: [Thinkpad] TP41p: 802.11g vs. 11a?

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:39:43 +0000, STeve Andre' wrote:

>Frequency separation is always a good idea when you have
>multiple RF sources in close proximity. Be aware however
>that the a standard is going to be the orphan wireless
>system soon, if it isn't already. While faster, it
>requires more hardware for an infrastructure to support
>it, and with everyone having b equipment out, b wins.
>
>But for a private system, an a system would work well.
>It also has the added value of being far less popular,
>such that wardrivers won't be looking at your system
>43 times a day.

Thanks for the quick response. Am I right in thinking the 11a and
the 5 phones are sufficiently separated? I get the impression the
former is exactly 5GHz (i.e. 4.95-5.04) and the latter are 5.8GHz,
whereas with 2.4 everything's too close?

I'll need to get two routers, one for here and one for the GF's
(and one for my parents' though I could live without that), and a
PCMCIA card for the GF's machine.

Cheapest router I've seen on TigerDirect.ca is C$210 or so, and it
does 11a/b/g. TD.ca used to have an 11a-only notebook card for
C$20 but now I can't find it. I guess with 11a heading for orphan
status it may be cheaper soon.

BTW, I also have an old 900MHz phone (2 lines, same as someone
posted me off-list) but the batteries have poor life and the LCD
doesn't work properly (for caller ID). I have a nice 2.4GHz
one-line phone but any 11b network activity causes static (doesn't
throw me off the phone). Maybe for now I'll watch eBay for a used
900MHz handset for this phone.

Biggest frustration is the 11g MS router that's so bad. Don't want
to send good money after bad and buy another 11g while waiting for
11a, but the 11g speed was nice when it worked! :)

Thanks again!

andrew [awebber@wwwebbers.com]
ph 613-797-8123
fx 831-300-4097
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