Hi all,
Søren asked: One of my friends have just bought a Mac. He have a new
router
which only supports 802 11 g. When he try to log on his
wireless
network, he got a timeout. We have been through all network
settings, but we can't find any settings to fix the problem.
Does
the Mac not support 802 11 g? He have the newest Mac Book.
TK: The MacBook supports A, B, G and N protocols. I connect to
802.11G networks all the time with MacBooks and iMacs.
Erik responded: The more I hear about this, the more it sounds like
it could be a security problem. I'm guessing as soon as he turns off
wpa, boom, in he goes.
TK: I tend to agree although I've not seen this problem on the Mac
much if ever. I've seen it occur on Windows often but it's the first
time I've seen it on the Mac.
EB: Although, I'm still wondering why he's using 11g and not 54g.
TK: Erik, I think that you're confusing things a little. 802.11G is
the protocol, 54 is it's link speed. As far as I'm aware, 54G is just
one of those names that Linksys gave a router that stuck. The newest
standard is 802.11N which still in short form would be 11N with a link
speed of 130 MS/s.
Sorry if I'm being critical here, I just thought I'd clear this up.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
