1. You will not see much change in U/L or D/L speeds to the internet. Your internet connection is slower than your wireless network.
2. You will need to turn the on-board card off via its switch or by software. Then your system would load the Cardbus card instead.
3. g does not transmit farther than b, sofar as the standard. One wireless access point may transmit farther than another, but only because it has a better transmitter - i.e., its a device issue, not a standards issue. Or you can move your current access point to a better location, or put some reflectors on the antennae to improve reception at the laptop.
4. The question you didn't ask - why get a new g setup if you can't surf any faster. Depending on how old your b stuff is, a newer rig may have better security because it supports the new WPA encryption. If you have (or expect to have in the future) any significant intra-network traffic, e.g., transferring files between your computers, running backups, maintaining audio or multimedia on one system while viewing in on the other, then you will find that the g speeds make that tolerable, as the real-world b speeds (as opposed to the "advertised" 11Mb/s) just don't cut it.
dw
Hi,
Right now, I have a router and 802.11b wired desktop and also use my laptop which has an inbuilt 802.11b wireless modem. My DSL provider is SBC Yahoo and because of the distance to the local CO office, I can only take advantage of their lowest service i.e up to 384kbps.
I predominantly use my laptop
1) If I changed to an 802.11g router and wireless 802.11g, will I notice a significant difference in upload and download speeds ? I'm thinking it won't since my DSL provider is limiting me. Any thoughts
2) If I purchase a 802.11.g PCMCIA card, will this conflict at all with the inbuilt 802.11b modem ?
3) Does 802.11g extend the signal area compared to 802.11b i.e will it reduce the number of dropped signals I'm currently getting with my wireless laptop, or is this more a function of the wireless router
Thanks
Richard

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