Using b and g within the same environment

I have a wireless network running approx 45-50 notebooks and 15-20 desktops.
W ecurrently have a b network but I would like to upgrade to a g for
functionality and speed.

Can I begin to change the b access points to g in a staged process (Money)
with backwardness as required (some older notebooks only have a b card and
not b/g) or will they need to upgrade to a g? or will the network at that
point revert to b?

Hope this is not confusing?

Cheers

Jamie Crilly
SysAdmin
Waihi School

Jamie Crilly wrote:
> I have a wireless network running approx 45-50 notebooks and 15-20 desktops.
> W ecurrently have a b network but I would like to upgrade to a g for
> functionality and speed.
>
> Can I begin to change the b access points to g in a staged process (Money)
> with backwardness as required (some older notebooks only have a b card and
> not b/g) or will they need to upgrade to a g? or will the network at that
> point revert to b?
>
> Hope this is not confusing?
>
> Cheers
>
> Jamie Crilly
> SysAdmin
> Waihi School

I think some routers will default to b only if there is one b card in
the network. But I think all g cards will work on a b network, so you
shouldn't have any problems with every thing working, your network
just may stay at b until all cards are upgraded.

Good luck, jimbo

mixed b/g mode will slow things down slightly. there's a kind of "stop
and wait" protocol because B is unaware of the newer g. how much of a
slowdown depends on what you are doing. it may not impact users at
all. one of my older Expert Zone columns has all the details of this.

On Wed, 17 May 2006 03:48:01 -0700, Jamie Crilly <Jamie
(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have a wireless network running approx 45-50 notebooks and 15-20 desktops.
>W ecurrently have a b network but I would like to upgrade to a g for
>functionality and speed.
>
>Can I begin to change the b access points to g in a staged process (Money)
>with backwardness as required (some older notebooks only have a b card and
>not b/g) or will they need to upgrade to a g? or will the network at that
>point revert to b?
>
>Hope this is not confusing?
>
>Cheers
>
>Jamie Crilly
>SysAdmin
>Waihi School
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