Wireless Network

[Chris]

Two questions:
1) Does mixing manufacturers/brands of different wireless
networking products (e.g. D-Link Router and Belkin PCI
Adapter) affect the performence of the network and will
the network even work?

2) If I got two PCI Adapter cards and a router (both
wireless), would I be able to have a wireless network? or
do I need a wireless access point too? or does the router
act as the wireless access point?

 

[Richard G. Harper]

1. Mixing 11mbps (802.11b) and 54mbps (802.11g) adapters will have some
effect on throughput, but if you stick with all 'b' or 'g' type adapters, no
problem.

2. By definition a wireless router includes an access point - that's what
makes it a wireless router, as opposed to an Ethernet router which does not.