On 8/6/03 8:54 AM, "Benn" <joverkamp at earthlink.net> wrote: > On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 01:42 AM, Jesse Brown wrote: >> "g" and "a" format cards use the 5 Ghz radio band which is highly >> susceptible to interference and whose performance (throughput) falls >> off >> dramatically with distance and virtually any interfering structures. >> >> They are however not prone to interference from cordless phones like >> the "b" >> standard working in the 2.4 Ghz band. > > Actually, 'b' and 'g' both use the 2.4ghz frequency band, which is > partially why they are able to be compatible. Right-- doesn't 802.11a use 5.0ghz? -- Samuel W. Hotchkiss President, Contractor Services, LLC. hotch at zlit.net Laptop History: PB 145, PB 520c, PB 3400c, 400mhz Pismo, 400mhz TiBook, 667mhz TiBook (rev b), 1ghz TiBook