Comcast giving 3Mbps down and 802.11B ???

I installed a Belkin 802.11g router on a Comcast that clocks at 3Mbps down
speed, and 284 Kbps up speed.

The client is a desktop that uses a Dlink USB at 802.11b or 11Mbps
theoretical maximum speed. The signal is very strong on the Dlink. It seems
to be handling the down speed.

QUESTION:

Are people flirting with disaster with these cable companies that are
continuing to push the speed up, while users are still deploying 802.11b?

What would happen if we were getting good or very good connections to the
router? Would data get lost if the speed coming down were too fast for the
actual wireless speed between router and client?

Gary wrote:
> I installed a Belkin 802.11g router on a Comcast that clocks at 3Mbps down
> speed, and 284 Kbps up speed.
>
> The client is a desktop that uses a Dlink USB at 802.11b or 11Mbps
> theoretical maximum speed. The signal is very strong on the Dlink. It seems
> to be handling the down speed.
>
> QUESTION:
>
> Are people flirting with disaster with these cable companies that are
> continuing to push the speed up, while users are still deploying 802.11b?
>
> What would happen if we were getting good or very good connections to the
> router? Would data get lost if the speed coming down were too fast for the
> actual wireless speed between router and client?
>
>
>
>

No problem. The router contains a speed-matching buffer, it does packet
store-and-forward, and it does flow-control on the LAN side.
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Cheers, Bob