mixing 11g and 11b APs

My home network basically looks like this:

optic fiber modem -> wireless router(802.11g) -> antenna -> 2 miles
open space -> antenna -> AP(802.11g) -> inhouse HUB -> AP(802.11b)

The inhouse hub connects to 3 PCs in the house, and the last 802.11b
AP is used for a wireless connection to a laptop in the kitchen. Is
this last 802.11b AP slowing down the entire network prohibiting
wireless 11g speeds?

Thanks for any information.

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Doiku <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
:The inhouse hub connects to 3 PCs in the house, and the last 802.11b
:AP is used for a wireless connection to a laptop in the kitchen. Is
:this last 802.11b AP slowing down the entire network prohibiting
:wireless 11g speeds?

Any AP that has *any* 802.11b clients associated will use an 802.11b
compatible carrier sense mechanism (slower than the usual 802.11b
mechanism, actually) rather than the sensors allowed in pure 802.11g
networks.

However, down the chain where the 802.11b device can't be seen
should run at full 11g speeds. And the slowdown doesn't apply
if there's just an 802.11b signal in the area, that is not Associated
with the 11g AP.
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I wonder if you might have an opinion. I'm really new to wireless.
With this 2-mile wireless setup to the modem, I'm getting about 2mb of
throughput on the internet. Should I be satisfied with that?
Should/could I be getting more speed?

Thanks for any input.

"Doiku" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I wonder if you might have an opinion. I'm really new to wireless.
> With this 2-mile wireless setup to the modem, I'm getting about 2mb of
> throughput on the internet. Should I be satisfied with that?

Yes, that's OK for most Internet uses.

> Should/could I be getting more speed?

It depends on your ISP and the access way you are using.

>
> Thanks for any input.

I should have included in my previous email that a laptop sitting next
to the modem and connected to it via a 1 meter lan cable reads an
average throughput of 20mb.

Thanks for your help. After 5 years of an ISDN connection this 2mb
throughput is almost like nirvana.