Setting channels on cards?

Hello to all. I have a small wired/wireless home network and have a
question regarding broadcast channels on the wireless side. I recently
added a Dell laptop with an internal 802.111b/g card to my existing
802.111b only network. For whatever reason, Dell claims their internal card
only works well on Channel 11 in a "b" setting. I changed my WAP11 to
Channel 11 and the Dell card and it appears they are right. I did NOT
change my other laptop to Channel 11 and yet it still connects to the
Access Point with no problems. I hate to sound dumb, but shouldn't ALL the
components be on the same channel? Will I lose/gain performance either way?
Right now it's on at 11Mbps on Channel 9 while the other notebook is on at
11Mbps on Channel 11.
Thanks in advance for any and all help and best regards,
MG (confused!)

: Hello to all. I have a small wired/wireless home network and have a
: question regarding broadcast channels on the wireless side. I recently
: added a Dell laptop with an internal 802.111b/g card to my existing
: 802.111b only network. For whatever reason, Dell claims their internal card
: only works well on Channel 11 in a "b" setting. I changed my WAP11 to
: Channel 11 and the Dell card and it appears they are right. I did NOT
: change my other laptop to Channel 11 and yet it still connects to the
: Access Point with no problems. I hate to sound dumb, but shouldn't ALL the
: components be on the same channel? Will I lose/gain performance either way?
: Right now it's on at 11Mbps on Channel 9 while the other notebook is on at
: 11Mbps on Channel 11.
: Thanks in advance for any and all help and best regards,

If you're using ONE access point and two cards, they have to work on the same
channel. It is not possible to connect on two different channels with one AP.

Maybe there's something wrong with the software, and it displays it wrong.

But if it's working, you won't rather loose anything.

cheers,
m.

Thanks for the reply. I definitely checked the software on my PCMCIA card
and it was where it has always been, at Channel 9. I had changed the WAP to
11, and the Linksys card on 9 still connected. I changed it to channel 11
and it did make the connection faster.
The puzzling thing is it DID connect.
Regards,
Morey G

"Marcin £ukasik" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> : Hello to all. I have a small wired/wireless home network and have a
> : question regarding broadcast channels on the wireless side. I recently
> : added a Dell laptop with an internal 802.111b/g card to my existing
> : 802.111b only network. For whatever reason, Dell claims their internal
card
> : only works well on Channel 11 in a "b" setting. I changed my WAP11 to
> : Channel 11 and the Dell card and it appears they are right. I did NOT
> : change my other laptop to Channel 11 and yet it still connects to the
> : Access Point with no problems. I hate to sound dumb, but shouldn't ALL
the
> : components be on the same channel? Will I lose/gain performance either
way?
> : Right now it's on at 11Mbps on Channel 9 while the other notebook is on
at
> : 11Mbps on Channel 11.
> : Thanks in advance for any and all help and best regards,
>
> If you're using ONE access point and two cards, they have to work on the
same
> channel. It is not possible to connect on two different channels with one
AP.
>
> Maybe there's something wrong with the software, and it displays it
wrong.
>
> But if it's working, you won't rather loose anything.
>
> cheers,
> m.
>
>

"Morey G." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Thanks for the reply. I definitely checked the software on my PCMCIA
> card and it was where it has always been, at Channel 9. I had changed
> the WAP to 11, and the Linksys card on 9 still connected. I changed it
> to channel 11 and it did make the connection faster.
> The puzzling thing is it DID connect.

windows XP ? zeroconfig connects your card automatically

--
Oh hell yes! Think of a computer as a tiny, super complex street
hooker. The more you put in.. Wait. No. That's not a good
analogy... Um... A computer is like a piece of paper. Er. No.
Um. I really have no idea how they work.

Thanks for the explanation. I appreciate it. My Pocket PC did the same, so
I guess it has the same feature.
Would it be more secure to untick the "Use Windows to configure...", and
set it up manually?
Thanks,
MoreyG
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> "Morey G." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:8kCab.7337$(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > Thanks for the reply. I definitely checked the software on my PCMCIA
> > card and it was where it has always been, at Channel 9. I had changed
> > the WAP to 11, and the Linksys card on 9 still connected. I changed it
> > to channel 11 and it did make the connection faster.
> > The puzzling thing is it DID connect.
>
> windows XP ? zeroconfig connects your card automatically
>
> --
> Oh hell yes! Think of a computer as a tiny, super complex street
> hooker. The more you put in.. Wait. No. That's not a good
> analogy... Um... A computer is like a piece of paper. Er. No.
> Um. I really have no idea how they work.

Maybe, I recently purchased an SMC 802.11g PCI wireless NIC and the manual
claims you should disable the Windows XP wireless zero config thing.

"Morey G." <(E-Mail Removed)> escribió en el mensaje
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> Thanks for the explanation. I appreciate it. My Pocket PC did the same, so
> I guess it has the same feature.
> Would it be more secure to untick the "Use Windows to configure...", and
> set it up manually?
> Thanks,
> MoreyG
> "RusH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Xns93FCCDD01C62RusHcomputersystems@193.110.12 2.80...
> > "Morey G." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > news:8kCab.7337$(E-Mail Removed):
> >
> > > Thanks for the reply. I definitely checked the software on my PCMCIA
> > > card and it was where it has always been, at Channel 9. I had changed
> > > the WAP to 11, and the Linksys card on 9 still connected. I changed it
> > > to channel 11 and it did make the connection faster.
> > > The puzzling thing is it DID connect.
> >
> > windows XP ? zeroconfig connects your card automatically
> >
> > --
> > Oh hell yes! Think of a computer as a tiny, super complex street
> > hooker. The more you put in.. Wait. No. That's not a good
> > analogy... Um... A computer is like a piece of paper. Er. No.
> > Um. I really have no idea how they work.
>
>