OS/2 Wireless Users List: 2.4GHz phones and 802.11b?
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Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:50:18 est5edt
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In <OF72C78E3E.CE5CCD7D-ONC1256CD9.004C397D@de.ibm.com>, on 02/26/03 at
08:54 AM,
"Oliver Mark" <o.mark@de.ibm.com> said:
>Unfortunately,
>we do not have 5GHz (802.11a) drivers for OS/2.
>What would be the most used card ??
I thought he meant 5GHz phone system. But I've read somewhere these tend
to have very weak signal strength, especially when walls are in the way.
Are there now 5GHz wireless LAN cards? Is this what the 802.11a system
use?
Mark
>Oliver
>On 02/26/2003 01:39:05 am, Lewis Rosenthal wrote in OS/2 Wireless Users
>List: 2.4GHz phones and 802.11b?:
>>A little more on the subject, from another article on the same site,
>>this one dealing with 2.4GHz vs 5GHz equipment
>>(http://www.80211-planet.com/tutorials/article.php/1569271):
>>
>>2.4GHz WLANs can experience interference from cordless phones,
>>microwaves, and other WLANs. The interfering signals degrade the
>>performance of an 802.11b WLAN by periodically blocking users and
>>access points from accessing the shared air medium. If it's not
>>possible to reduce potential interference to an acceptable level,
>>then consider deploying a 5GHz system, which is relatively free
>>from interfering sources.
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