PDA and PC via wireless router?

Just a quick question I suspect someone will be able to answer.

I'm saving for a HP PDA which uses the 802.11b frequency but my wireless
router is currently set to work at 802.11g. Does this mean that I would have
to set the router to work at b thus meaning that the PC would also have to
work on the b protocol?

Gareth.

On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 17:00:41 +0100, Gareth wrote:

> Just a quick question I suspect someone will be able to answer.
>
> I'm saving for a HP PDA which uses the 802.11b frequency but my wireless
> router is currently set to work at 802.11g. Does this mean that I would have
> to set the router to work at b thus meaning that the PC would also have to
> work on the b protocol?

Nope, should be fine. You may cause a little slowdown to the g devices
when the b device is using the network, but it shouldn't slow down to b
speeds, and you won't have to switch the router to work at b only.

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"Gareth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Just a quick question I suspect someone will be able to answer.
>
> I'm saving for a HP PDA which uses the 802.11b frequency but my wireless
> router is currently set to work at 802.11g. Does this mean that I would have
> to set the router to work at b thus meaning that the PC would also have to
> work on the b protocol?

I use my iPAQ 5550 with my Belkin 54g router with no problem at all, without
having to change any settings.

Bowman

I've a wireless router networking two wireless PCs, one with a 802.11b card
and one with a 802.11g card. It recognises both and they work fine at the
two different speeds.

Gareth wrote:
> Just a quick question I suspect someone will be able to answer.
>
> I'm saving for a HP PDA which uses the 802.11b frequency but my
> wireless router is currently set to work at 802.11g. Does this mean
> that I would have to set the router to work at b thus meaning that
> the PC would also have to work on the b protocol?
>
> Gareth.

"Gareth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:RpZAc.16848$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Just a quick question I suspect someone will be able to answer.
>
> I'm saving for a HP PDA which uses the 802.11b frequency but my wireless
> router is currently set to work at 802.11g. Does this mean that I would
have
> to set the router to work at b thus meaning that the PC would also have to
> work on the b protocol?

Should be compatible but strangely when I got my handheld certain sites were
proving difficult to connect to (bank site). When I pinged the access point
from the handheld I was
getting a very high percentage of failed packets.

Just experimenting I altered the access point to 802.11b and the problem
resolved
itself and the failed pings dropped to virtually nil.

Geoff Lane