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i'm about to go and buy a laptop.... by TheMusicPirate on 06-23-2005 at 11:52 AM
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
RE: i'm about to go and buy a laptop.... by saralk on 06-23-2005 at 12:52 PM
you should be able to, most "g" standard wirless network adapters are backwards compatible with "b"
RE: RE: i'm about to go and buy a laptop.... by TheMusicPirate on 06-23-2005 at 12:53 PM
quote:
Originally posted by saralk
you should be able to, most "g" standard wirless network adapters are backwards compatible with "b"
thanks
RE: i'm about to go and buy a laptop.... by RaceProUK on 06-24-2005 at 01:20 PM
quote:All 'g' are backwards-compatible, as they're both '802.11'. The only difference between 'b' and 'g' is the speed (11Mbps vs 54Mbps).
Originally posted by saralk
you should be able to, most "g" standard wirless network adapters are backwards compatible with "b"