802.11g - Max speed in ad-hoc mode ?

According to a friend of mine, the fastest speed that can be attained using
802.11g equipment
in Ad-hoc mode (Peer to peer) is 11Mbps.

I understand, even though `g` equipment has a theoretical max of 54 Mbps,
the 802.11 standard
only ever required Ad-hoc connection to be max 11 Mbps.

Can anyone confirm if this is fact ?

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Andy M Moore
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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> According to a friend of mine, the fastest speed that can be attained
> using 802.11g equipment
> in Ad-hoc mode (Peer to peer) is 11Mbps.
>
> I understand, even though `g` equipment has a theoretical max of 54
> Mbps, the 802.11 standard
> only ever required Ad-hoc connection to be max 11 Mbps.
>
> Can anyone confirm if this is fact ?

Depends.. If you do ad-hoc between two g cards, it does the max speed for
g.. If you go between b and g, it will only set itself for the lowest common
denominator speed (in this case b at 11). I used to have one set up as one b
one g and it ran at 11, changed to two g's, and now it's about 54.

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:31:46 -0000, <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>According to a friend of mine, the fastest speed that can be attained using
>802.11g equipment
>in Ad-hoc mode (Peer to peer) is 11Mbps.
>
>I understand, even though `g` equipment has a theoretical max of 54 Mbps,
>the 802.11 standard
>only ever required Ad-hoc connection to be max 11 Mbps.
>
>Can anyone confirm if this is fact ?

Nope, but I can see where your friend is coming from. The 802.11g
specification does not include any requirement to support Ad-Hoc mode
at 802.11g speeds. A company could supply a radio that only does
11Mbits/sec in ad-hoc mode and still be 802.11g compliant. I just
setup several WPC54G and WMP54G PCI cards in an ad-hoc (gaming)
network. Works at greater than 11Mbits/sec but I didn't bother to
check how much faster.

One catch is that the WPC54GS "speed boost" technology does NOT work
in Ad-Hoc mode. That's why we bought the cheaper cards.

There's no guarantee that all manufacturers will work at 802.11g
speeds in ad-hoc. For example, D-Link doesn't officially support it.
http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.as...stion=ad%2Dhoc

I guess you're just going to have to disclose what equipment you have
and deal with the issue individually by manufacturer and product.


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