Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Odd Wireless LAN problem

Rob Malpass wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Davies" <wmd04r@???>
> To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Odd Wireless LAN problem
>
>
>> >
>>> Forgive me replying to my own post, but there is no switch to mixed
>>> mode on the AP or on the used laptop. Does this mean that:
>>>
>>> * My wife's laptop (bought last month) can revert back to 802.11b
>> No, brand new laptops would come with 802.11g the newer, faster
>> standard so I would guess this is what your wife's is. It is possible
>> that out of the box your home access point defaults to just 802.11g.
>>> * My older laptop (at least 2 years older but bought yesterday) can't
>>> connect to 802.11b but (presumably) can connect to 802.11g (if that's
>>> what they had in my office).
>> No, the corporate WLANs you see will probably be configured to accept
>> connections using either standard this is "mixed mode". From poking
>> your laptop into google it looks very much like your wireless card is
>> 802.11b unless it has been upgraded at some stage.
>>
>>
>> 802.11b is the older wireless protocol that supports 11 Mbit/s
>> 802.11g is the newer wireless protocol that supports 54 Mbit/s
>>
>> I would be very surprised if it was not possible to set the *access
>> point* to allow connections using both protocols. At this point it
>> might be helpful for you to tell us what the model of your access
>> point is, maybe someone else here has one.
>>
>
> It's a Belkin F5D6130. According to the sticker on the bottom of it,
> it's 802.11b only.
>
> Thanks
> Rob
>
>

Is the laptop picking it up at all? Are you restricting access by MAC
address in the access point?

James