Thread: wifi laptop or adapter
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Old 03-05-2007, 08:30   #3
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Re: wifi laptop or adapter
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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler View Post
Depends what router you have. If you have an 11g 54Mb/s model then your laptop will handle it if it's reasonably new.

If your router uses one of the technologies that gives 108Mb/s then you'll need a compatible card to get full speed communication...
Exactly so if you have something like 802.11n (preN) then your laptop will connect but only at 54Mbit/s (802.11G)

However if you put an 802.11n card in it would connect at the full speed providing the signal is strong enough.
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