tightguard@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> I just bought a Belkin Wireless Laptop Network Card Adapter - 54g.for
> my laptop and now want to buy a Belkin ADSL Modem with Wireless G
> Router I see there is a few on eBay with 125g on the box. Would this
> still be compatible or would I have to buy the one with 54g. Not
> knowing much about it I suppose I would not benefit the extra speed if
> I only have a 54g on the laptop would this be right?

The basic, compatible, rate is the 54g. You would be able to use 54g in
this mixed environment.

Because the "extra" rates are vendor-specific, you would have to have a
card from the same vendor as the router to take advantage of the
non-standard rate. That might include two vendors that use the same
chipset, or whose products are actually made by the same company.

I once had a problem with an SMC "22Mbps" card that would not connect for
more than a minute with a Netgear 54g. I had to disable the non-standard
"Turbo" implementation in the SMC card, so it could connect at 11b. I
haven't seen anyone else mention that sort of incompatibility.

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