What is Wireless-G 802.11g DRAFT?

Hi,

I been looking around for a wireless 802.11g PCMCIA card and came across the
Linksys WPC54G Wireless-G Notebook Adapter. Looking at the product datasheet
(ftp://ftp.linksys.com/datasheet/wpc54g_ds.pdf) it says that the card
supports

"High-speed Wireless-G (draft 802.11g) networking for your notebook computer
throughput of up to 54 Mbps"

What does 802.11g draft mean? Is that some sort of beta standard of 802.11g?

I am looking for a good quality 802.11g PCMCIA card and was wondering if
there are any major differences between the various brands such as:
- Draytek
- Netgear
- D-Link
- Belkin
- Linksys
- Buffalo

Are the drivers/software/coverage for certain cards better than others? I am
most likely to get a Linksys wireless router so is there any benefit in
getting the Linksys card?

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance :-)

TopDog

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:22:00 -0000, in alt.internet.wireless ,
"TopDog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>What does 802.11g draft mean? Is that some sort of beta standard of 802.11g?

It means the documentation for the card is out of date. The standard
was ratified last year.


Mark McIntyre


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Not just the documentation, most likely the firmware as well. Check the
manufacture's website for a firmware update.

Bill Crocker


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> On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:22:00 -0000, in alt.internet.wireless ,
> "TopDog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >What does 802.11g draft mean? Is that some sort of beta standard of
802.11g?
>
> It means the documentation for the card is out of date. The standard
> was ratified last year.
>
>
> Mark McIntyre
>
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It must be a old listing before 802.11g became a standard and was only a
IEEE draft. But that has been some time. So in this case, it just means
Linksys needs to do a little updating in their documents.

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Tedd Riggs
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"TopDog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I been looking around for a wireless 802.11g PCMCIA card and came across
the
> Linksys WPC54G Wireless-G Notebook Adapter. Looking at the product
datasheet
> (ftp://ftp.linksys.com/datasheet/wpc54g_ds.pdf) it says that the card
> supports
>
> "High-speed Wireless-G (draft 802.11g) networking for your notebook
computer
> throughput of up to 54 Mbps"
>
> What does 802.11g draft mean? Is that some sort of beta standard of
802.11g?
>
> I am looking for a good quality 802.11g PCMCIA card and was wondering if
> there are any major differences between the various brands such as:
> - Draytek
> - Netgear
> - D-Link
> - Belkin
> - Linksys
> - Buffalo
>
> Are the drivers/software/coverage for certain cards better than others? I
am
> most likely to get a Linksys wireless router so is there any benefit in
> getting the Linksys card?
>
> Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance :-)
>
> TopDog
>
>
>