--- On Tue, 5/24/11, John R Pierce <pie...@hogranch.com> wrote:
> From: John R Pierce <pie...@hogranch.com> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: wifi, phone, power in India and Malaysia > To: centos@centos.org > Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 12:24 PM > On 05/24/11 7:29 AM, Richard Mollel > wrote: > > Wifi is wifi, never heard of a wifi A or B. > > actually, there's 802.11 (original, rarely used anymore), > 802.11a, .11b. > .11g. and .11n, and .11n comes in multiple flavors. > Most everything > these days is .11b/g or b/g/n compatible. > > In various countries, there are different allotments of how > many 2.4Ghz > 'channels' are available for unlicensed use like > wifi. see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11#Channels_and_international_compatibility > > for a summary of this specific issue. > > my general experience regarding all this is the business > model laptops > from the major makers (for instance, the Latitudes from > Dell) tend to > come with wifi (and modems etc) that support multinational > standards > that can be reconfigured for different locales. > consumer grade stuff > is less likely to have this ability enabled. > > What i meant to say is that I have not heard of wifi thats strictly sort of regional. Most routers support all the major bands, and many laptops (as you pointed out) support those bands (abgn,..) Alternatively, a GSM router is all he needs, and his wifi enabled laptop would be happy either way, even if running centos. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OT93M6/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B002KDBB58&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0QYB43T0PRMT6BWZWWDY > -- > john r pierce > N > 37, W 123 > santa cruz ca > > mid-left coast > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
