[ILUG] Intel wireless and 802.11g

[Conor McDermottroe]

Frank Duignan wrote:
> I've got an 802.11b wireless router and a laptop with an Intel wireless
> chipset (3954).  Is it worth upgrading the router to 802.11g from a speed
> point of view (I'm not too concerned about the whole security dimension of
> this as both 802.11b and g have been well cracked.) Does the intel wireless
> driver support 11g's 54Mbps rate?  Is it worth the cost? Thoughts?

Is the wireless link the slowest part of your network?

For example if this is a home network and your link to the rest of the
world is a 1MB DSL line you're unlikely to see any change.

-C