Another networking question

[Michael B. Ross]

I may buy a new router and see if it solves my IP problems. I do wonder, however, if 11g is that much faster than 11b? If I buy an 11g, I will have to replace the cards in my laptops. Is it worth it?

[Steve Reece]

Most 11g routers are backward compatable with 11b. Just check the spec. The router I bought handles a, b, and g, though all my network cards are g.

[Adam Spriggs]

http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/wireless80211/a/aa80211standard.htm

[Keith Isley]

You won't need to replace your wireless cards, but you will only be able to connect to the new router at "b" speeds (11 Mbps maximum instead of 54 Mbps). Honestly, except for a very few situations, "b" speed has been enough for us in our home network. You can replace your cards one at a time, at your convenience, if you want to upgrade to the newer speed. Both "b" and "g" will work happily together on the same router.

- KAI

[Paul Whitaker]

I have another networking problem. My harddrive on my Dell crashed. I bought another drive (seagate 120 GB).

I used the Dell system disc to create an operating system on the new drive.

My problem is:

When I try to run the wizard it says I don't have a network adapter. While one is supposed to built in I don't know. I did find drivers for my netgear wireless router.

at lthis point I am considering buying a new network adapter for the desktop.
If so, I will probably go ahead and buy a wireless network adapter. I have the wireless on my laptop which works fine.

What would you learned men of the PCs have to advise a former Apple-file?

Thanks Paul

Did you guys know that the driver for the Airport wireless 'transmitter' was written by a Nazarene. He likes Apple, PC, Unix (his favorite), VAX, etc. He has a Unix and Apple sitting on his desk at MVNU. His name is Jim Skon - a wonderful young man!!

[Adam Spriggs]

Before you go out and buy a new network adapter and since you are dealing with a Dell, I would try these two things:

Put your Dell Resource CD in and then right-click on My Computer, click Properties, Hardware, then Device Manager. If there are any yellow question marks next to anything, right-click on the entry and choose Properties. Click on the Driver tab and then click Update Driver. Go through the wizard until and have it look on your Resource CD for the correct driver.

If that doesn't work, I would head to support.dell.com (http://support.dell.com), enter your service tag number (a sticker on the side of your computer case) and check the network adapter drivers are available for your model and operating system. Download the driver file and run follow the instructions for updating the driver.

Let us know how it turns out.