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O.P. i'm about to go and buy a laptop....
the laptop i saw in a bestbuy flyer is this:

COMPAQ

AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+ with cool n quiet technology
1024mb DDR Memory
80 gb harddrive
DVD+/-RW and CD-RW combo drive
128mb ATI Radeon XPRESS 200m IGP graphics
built in 802.11g wireless lan

price CAD $1599.99

now my question is, if my home network hasa linksys wireless B router

will i be able to use the laptop with my router?
or will i be SOL( SH*T Out Of Luck)

thanks, TMP
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06-23-2005 11:52 AM
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RE: i'm about to go and buy a laptop....
you should be able to, most "g" standard wirless network adapters are backwards compatible with "b"
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you should be able to, most "g" standard wirless network adapters are backwards compatible with "b"


thanks :D (Y)
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RE: i'm about to go and buy a laptop....
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you should be able to, most "g" standard wirless network adapters are backwards compatible with "b"
All 'g' are backwards-compatible, as they're both '802.11'. The only difference between 'b' and 'g' is the speed (11Mbps vs 54Mbps).
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