[MLB-WIRELESS] [Fwd: [Oz-ISP] Technical question re wireless transmission 802.11b]

[Peter Long]

Yep they work fine.  I have some WaveLAN IEEE 2Mbit
cards that work fine with the Cabletron/Roamabout
11Mbit card.  Makes for a very cheap wireless network
at $20 each.

See ya.......

Peter Long

--- rik <mibz at optushome.com.au> wrote:
> 
> 
> > > ... is the whole datarate slowed down to 2Mbps
> > 
> > Yes.  The actual data rate is 2Mbit/s, (with QPSK,
> so the
> > symbol period is one microsecond).  There are 4
> modes
> > within 802.11b.  The original two '802.11' modes
> of
> > 1Mbit/s and 2Mbit/s and the two '802.11b' modes of
> 5.5Mbit/s
> > and 11Mbit/s.
> > 
> 
> does this mean 802.11b is compatible with 802.11
> cards at lower speeds?
> 
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