The DS standard is older than 802.11B and slower (about 1mpbs). It does
form the underpinning of 802.11B/G, although it is not used separately
anymore. Found on CNET: The 802.11B standard, also known as Wi-Fi, has
become the standard used by corporations. The other standard, called
802.11DS, is a standard that pre-dates 802.11B and runs slower. Hope I
clarified it for you.
CJ
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Subject: Re: Explain the 802.11b Card Description
> The National Enquirer reports at 6:25 PM -0700 9/7/04, Clark Martin wrote:
>
> Clark,
> I'm somewhat confused. If I am interpreting what you are saying
> below correctly, it seems that there is a conflict between you are
> saying and what CJ said yesterday (quoted after your text for
> reference). He says that DS is an "ancient" standard, whereas you
> seem to be indicating that it is a current standard ("used to
> describe how most 802.11b stuff works").
>
> Am I misinterpreting either, or both, of you?
>
> >Distributed Spread Spectrum is a
> >technical term used to describe how most 802.11b stuff works.
> >Frequency hopping was used at one point but is more or less gone now.
> >So if you also saw 802.11FH it would be a technical distinction
> >rather than marketing fluff. Seeing as this RoamAbout Card sounds
> >kind of old then the DS would be a quite relevant description.
>
> At 11:48 AM -0500 9/6/04, CJ wrote:
> >802.11DS is an ancient standard from before 802.11B that runs slower. It
is
> >not used often. Check out this link:
> >http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.11.html
>
> Bob
>
>
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