From: "Mark Henigan" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2545073 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:30:52 -0400 Received: from static-71-171-102-26.clppva.fios.verizon.net ([71.171.102.26] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1MHpPu-0004TZ-AN for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:30:52 -0400 Received: from smtp107.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com ([67.195.14.110]:48676) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MHpPj-0008VI-2h for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:30:40 -0400 Received: (qmail 78394 invoked from network); 20 Jun 2009 01:30:37 -0000 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A010203.4A3C3BC0.0013,ss=1,fgs=0 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:X-Accept-Language:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=xndxtDvJqbqfHeDNw/VDnu2ZksVCuv/LCpjuY/8QU63tZbPCl83RdI/wJ7kUbM/W5+MWHRw5DvpDrVmtVhQ6vafljZPlfihSCNq5vwBQTQpWiA3OcBhJXm4EXxILkNVvLgueEyiYgBaPrA/oWGLwoA0lKbJHP9ZpK2dvxPxjgMQ= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?69.110.76.65?) (driven_zen@69.110.76.65 with plain) by smtp107.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Jun 2009 01:30:37 -0000 X-Yahoo-SMTP: SD4N_I6swBCS2SRb4vhvoUXox0LPVpVxYi4y.tryQHXKBcL9hg-- X-YMail-OSG: lJl8nyUVM1kjE.CMWCnXrvL2z8Q2ArKkmuSmmP.pag_jlwEDMDEJwfn.aVt5wuDURMu.CM4fpF63mEovr7SBaqdGzGG_W_CZo6XwYsJuKi.osvrWor0Q1oxCQOTAANEdRSCkzRqi89HPDRQY.W.wH1gDq8t40J.MnQUuxjNiFoGVxK2efaVUqet5gebVnCHOtNpWM8suQwXbaWoAwkjfvdOwqYcsZ.ChK5CgcbISAyq6DlVzFPXeP7g2kN9GWLTFVP1sF8jI8SveArERprmyAx3faxpL7fXJRAE9SKRV_QzksZ5e6A-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Message-ID: <4A3C3BBC.8030800@sbcglobal.net> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:30:36 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050922 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, cs MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Very basic wireless question References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: _SUMMARY_ Chuck McKinnis wrote: > Mark Henigan wrote: > >> I'm attempting to select a T43p and am concerned that >> I don't really understand 802.11 compatibility. It is >> obvious that a machine with 802.11abg hardware is >> compatible with wireless connection points/routers/etc >> that use any of these protocols. But, if a laptop is >> stated to have only 802.11g would it be able to connect >> to other hardware that was only 802.11b compatible, for >> example? In otherwords, can the 802.11abg fall back to >> the other protocols on its own, while the 802.11g would >> depend on the other end of a connection to include its >> protocol? >> >> I look forward to your answer(s). >> >> Thank you! >> >> - Mark >> >> Mark Henigan > > > Some T43 models had 802.11bg and some had 802.11abg. I don't know of > any that had only 802.11g. Hello Chuck: I couldn't find it in the ltwbook, etc. So, I emailed the seller who assured me that it is so-designated. > Are you in the states? Sort of. I live in California, if that qualifies me. :-> > If so, drop me an email before you buy. Friends > of IBMers (active and retired) can get a pretty good price on an IBM > refurbished T43. When I get focussed on one or two I'll forward you the eBay URLs. Thank you for your help! - Mark Mark Henigan --