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    Supported Wireless Card Bands

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by matt.modica, Apr 29, 2006.

  1. matt.modica

    matt.modica Notebook Consultant

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    I was wondering if there was any way to find out what bands my wireless card supports because I was thinking of getting a dual band wireless router. I downloaded a program that said it supported the a band as well as the b/g bands, but I wanted to be sure, and when I read the manual that came with the computer, it said it was a b/g card. The name is Broadcom 802.11g wireless adapter. I know it supports the b band, however, because my current (very old) router is using the b band. Everest and Sandra to not provide the details.
     
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    brockley Notebook Enthusiast

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    If it supported dual bands it would be labelled as an 802.11a/g card since b and g are the same, just different speeds.
     
    brockley, Apr 30, 2006
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    matt.modica Notebook Consultant

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    Take a look at these two photos of Everest and PC Wizard.
     

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    brockley Notebook Enthusiast

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    My Broadcom 802.11g shows up as it should in PCWizard so Im not sure about your system.

    More importantly though, why would you spend the extra money on a dual band router when 802.11a is not going to give you greater spead, just more security features I believe. For the typical user, especially with WPA and WPA2 if its supported, you dont need the security features of 802.11a. Save some money and get a regular b/g router as you will have better speed and I believe greater coverage.
     
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