Journal Lumpish Scholar's Journal: Ask (part of) Slashdot: 802.11b or 802.11g? 6
Okay, I'm going wireless at home. I really, really want wireless 'net access for my work laptop when I bring it home. It'd be nice for the family laptop, too. Someday I may even make it easier for the Tivo to call home (far easier than running an Ethernet cable from the cable modem to that part of the house).
The question is, should I buy 802.11b gear, or "invest in the future" and go with 802.11g? "g" is faster than "b", but even "b" is faster than my cable modem. I'm not running servers or anything interesting on the home LAN.
Thoughts? Experience?
802.11b (Score:3, Informative)
I can't think of anything that I do (even watching video files) that needs more than a few mbit/sec...
Re:802.11b (Score:3, Informative)
IMO, b is fine - I'm using it right now on this laptop, which had it built-in - but g was cheap enough that I went for that anyway for the access point and the other NIC. Look at the prices on both sets, see how much extra it'll cost for g rather
g is for gullible (Score:3, Informative)
Otherwise, if your reason for doing this is just for the Internet connection, you will not see any difference between b and g (other than what you pay for your equipment). The throughput of Internet traffic is so far below the maximum throughput for b that g offers absolutely no advantage.
Do both.. (Score:3, Informative)
b vs. g (Score:2, Informative)
Go G (Score:2, Informative)