What is the difference between WiFi and "wireless b/g"?

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What is the difference between WiFi and "wireless b/g"?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

'b' and 'g' are wifi (wireless) speeds, there was an 'a', and now an 'n'
Later numbers are faster, and reputed to be more powerful (more distance)

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[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

WiFi is just short for any wireless connection. Wireless b/g are standards
for differing types of wireless connections.

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[ray]

What is the difference between WiFi and "wireless b/g"?

"b/g" refer to standard 802.11b and 802.11g - IEEE standards for wireless
communication. WiFi refers generically to wireless connections.

 

[Tim Slattery]

"b/g" refer to standard 802.11b and 802.11g - IEEE standards for wireless
communication. WiFi refers generically to wireless connections.

802.11b is considerably faster than 802.11b (54mb/s to 11mb/s, IIRC),
and are otherwise compatible (any 802.11g implementation will also
handle the slower 802.11b). Anyplace that advertises "Wi-Fi" is pretty
surely offering 802.11b and/or g. The other variants are rarely seen.

 

[Gotde T Shirt]

802.11b is considerably faster than 802.11b (54mb/s to 11mb/s, IIRC),
and are otherwise compatible (any 802.11g implementation will also
handle the slower 802.11b). Anyplace that advertises "Wi-Fi" is pretty
surely offering 802.11b and/or g. The other variants are rarely seen.

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trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance.

http://www.wi-fi.org/

 

[NoStop]

802.11b is considerably faster than 802.11b (54mb/s to 11mb/s, IIRC),

Nice to see that you chose to add such worthless info to this thread. We
always await such words of wisdom from you MVPs.

Cheers.

and are otherwise compatible (any 802.11g implementation will also
handle the slower 802.11b). Anyplace that advertises "Wi-Fi" is pretty
surely offering 802.11b and/or g. The other variants are rarely seen.

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[ray]

802.11b is considerably faster than 802.11b (54mb/s to 11mb/s, IIRC),

I assume that was a typo - did you mean "802.11g is considerably faster
than 802.11b"?

 

[Tim Slattery]

I assume that was a typo - did you mean "802.11g is considerably faster
than 802.11b"?

Yes, my fingers didn't go where my brain wanted them to.