> there are a,b and g substandards as i recall
> a is 22mbit i think
> b is the standard 11mbit but was released first so everybody uses that
> g combines both standards and is compatiblle with both
>
> the letters may be mixed up so i'd check it first lol

        Actually, 802.11a is 54Mbps at 5GHz, 802.11b is 11Mbps at 2.4GHz, and
802.11g is 54Mbps at 2.4GHz. 802.11a has never really caught on very much
and now that G is out I think it'll pretty much disappear, g has the same
speed but doesn't suffer from as limited a range as what I've seen with a.

        There have been proprietry extensions made by various manufacturers to get
more speed, 3Com/USR did it to 802.11b to get 22Mbps speeds, there was also
a manufacturer that got 72Mbps, but since they are proprietary they only
worked at the higher speeds when using that manufacturer's hardware, so
they've pretty much disappeared. TTYL

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