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Aragorn · 31-01-2007, 11:33

Alan,

A wireless network works at the speed of the slowest connected device, ie your 11b DWL-520.

Also, 'speed booster' cards typically only work with the same make of router, eg a network with a Linksys WRT54GS & 2 Linksys GS cards will operate at upto 108Mbs, but a Dlink speedbooster would probably only work at standard 54G.

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As for encryption, WEP is not very secure at all. Nor is MAC filtering. A competent wardriver could read any 'non-https' traffic on your network within a short time.

If possible, I would look to upgrade the 98 system asap and switch to WPA or WPA2 security.

31-01-2007, 11:33	#4
Aragorn Inactive Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minas Tirith, Gondor Age: 60 Posts: 3,458	Re: Wireless network - mixed bag Alan, A wireless network works at the speed of the slowest connected device, ie your 11b DWL-520. Also, 'speed booster' cards typically only work with the same make of router, eg a network with a Linksys WRT54GS & 2 Linksys GS cards will operate at upto 108Mbs, but a Dlink speedbooster would probably only work at standard 54G. ---------- Post added at 11:33 ---------- Previous post was at 11:30 ---------- As for encryption, WEP is not very secure at all. Nor is MAC filtering. A competent wardriver could read any 'non-https' traffic on your network within a short time. If possible, I would look to upgrade the 98 system asap and switch to WPA or WPA2 security.