Is 802.11g (Draft) / 54 Mbps compliant with 802.11g?

I'm trying to determine if I should expect the following products to work
together or I should be returning the notebook adapter - I can't get a clear
answer from the Linksys web page:

Is a Wireless-G Broadband Router, Linksys WRT54G : 2.4 GHz, 802.11g

compatible with

A PCMCIA notebook adapter WPC55AG: 2.4 GHz, 54Mbps? (802.11g draft)

The WPC55AG rarely connects with the WLAN Monitor message displaying "cannot
associate with access point", when it does connect it then states "You are
connected to the access point, but the internet cannot be found". I know the
internet is available through the router as my desktop and one other
wireless connection can get to the internet with no problems.

Any help appreciated.

Regards,
PK

PK wrote:
> I'm trying to determine if I should expect the following products to
> work together or I should be returning the notebook adapter - I can't
> get a clear answer from the Linksys web page:
>
> Is a Wireless-G Broadband Router, Linksys WRT54G : 2.4 GHz, 802.11g
>
> compatible with
>
> A PCMCIA notebook adapter WPC55AG: 2.4 GHz, 54Mbps? (802.11g draft)
>
> The WPC55AG rarely connects with the WLAN Monitor message displaying
> "cannot associate with access point", when it does connect it then
> states "You are connected to the access point, but the internet
> cannot be found". I know the internet is available through the router
> as my desktop and one other wireless connection can get to the
> internet with no problems.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> PK

I have a lot of Linksys in my network, but it is older print servers
and -b wireless. I have until recently pushed Linksys since I have had
no problems with their equipment. However, both the latest
distributions of both -g and -b have caused me to rethink Linksys until
they get a grip on reliability. Over Christmas, I had the opportunity
to help neighbors *try* to set up simple -g and -b routers and cards.
In both cases, there was no clear route to reliability. Interferences,
dropped connections, inexplicable failures if DHCP, etc., plagued the
Linksys equipment. One party replaced theirs with Microsoft router and
cards and was up and running in minutes out of the box. Another
replaced with NetGear and had difficulties, but these were solved. I
hope Cisco is listening.

Q

"Quaoar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> PK wrote:
> > I'm trying to determine if I should expect the following products to
> > work together or I should be returning the notebook adapter - I can't
> > get a clear answer from the Linksys web page:
> >
> > Is a Wireless-G Broadband Router, Linksys WRT54G : 2.4 GHz, 802.11g
> >
> > compatible with
> >
> > A PCMCIA notebook adapter WPC55AG: 2.4 GHz, 54Mbps? (802.11g draft)
> >
> > The WPC55AG rarely connects with the WLAN Monitor message displaying
> > "cannot associate with access point", when it does connect it then
> > states "You are connected to the access point, but the internet
> > cannot be found". I know the internet is available through the router
> > as my desktop and one other wireless connection can get to the
> > internet with no problems.
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> > PK
>
> I have a lot of Linksys in my network, but it is older print servers
> and -b wireless. I have until recently pushed Linksys since I have had
> no problems with their equipment. However, both the latest
> distributions of both -g and -b have caused me to rethink Linksys until
> they get a grip on reliability. Over Christmas, I had the opportunity
> to help neighbors *try* to set up simple -g and -b routers and cards.
> In both cases, there was no clear route to reliability. Interferences,
> dropped connections, inexplicable failures if DHCP, etc., plagued the
> Linksys equipment. One party replaced theirs with Microsoft router and
> cards and was up and running in minutes out of the box. Another
> replaced with NetGear and had difficulties, but these were solved. I
> hope Cisco is listening.
>
> Q
>
Thanks, new driver downloads for the PCMCIA card helped the situation.

Still does not connect automatically which I thought it would - requires me
to select connect in the WLAN monitor. Can't blame Linksys/Cisco altogether
for this one as my laptop has had a few issues with even a NIC card.

PK