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WiFi Woes With .11g

Posted by Hemos on from the where-is-the-problem dept.

Herby Werby writes "The Register has an article on the incompatibility between .11g and .11b across differing unnamed vendors due to premature roll-outs. The part which really hurts is the suggestion that if there's a .11b participant to your .11g network then either it gets ignored or the network reverts to .11b status. Anyone tried this yet with their new Powermacs?" As the article points out, this is most likely due to the fact that .11g hasn't really even been set as a *standard* yet, so incompatibility is to be expected. I just hope vendors get really good with flash updates.

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  1. Re:Does someone not like the 802 part? by mattdm · · Score: 2, Funny

    No they don't. Normal people call it "wireless networking" or maybe wi-fi. No, wait, normal people probably don't call it anything at all.

  2. News for nerds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Erm, this was in the reg seven days ago. Maybe it should be in the "olds for nerds" section instead? (Sorry, couldn't resist)

    1. Re:News for nerds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, but as we all know, The Reg is basically a techie tabloid, nothing at the level of /. What the ace editors of /. lose in speed, they make up in quality!

    2. Re:News for nerds by draziw · · Score: 2, Funny

      Also, the Reg doesn't redo the same story 5 times, each time pretending to be the first. The slashdot way, if I miss a story, there is still a chance I'll get to read it (as new) 1-5 days later. w00t! :)

  3. Re:Not compatible with Siemens Gigaset phones by entrigant · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sure the interference from your phone is annoying the crap out of the people running 802.11b networks too ;)