I know that 802.11 b is the IEEE standard at 11 mpbs but what about the 802.11g? I am using a small LAN network in my house and a printer in a seperate room.

What should I get

Linksys 802.11 b or g?

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according to the bust buy guy...the 802.11g is good only if your network is set up on all CAT6 cable.

My LAN is on CAT5 so I was told to go with the 802.11b.

Still open for discussion...

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I'm a bit surprised.  Most small networks are now 10/100Mbits, i.e. the cards negotiate and if they're capable of 100Mbits, that's what they do.  That said, you haven't really told us your exact problem.

The 802.11 standard is for wireless and doesn't have anything to do with cabling.

It is my understanding that there only a few companies out there making the hardware for the G standard that supports the 54 Mbps speed.  DLink is one of them. 

If I am using the  Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Access Point + Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port 10/100 Switch next to my desktop, should I be using a cat 5 cable or wireless nic to the router from my desktop?

which will give me a better connection speed? The router is no more than 2 feet from the pc but I don't know which will be faster?

I mainly got wireless so I can have a stand alone print server and a laptop...

any advise?
 
 

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I'm sorry Rob...I am trying not to look like an idiot right now but I did not understand your post.

Right now I have a PC wires to a Linksys (wired) router using my onboard nic (not sure what speed that would be).

Will I gain bandwidth speed if I hook up a PCI wireless nic to a 802.11g router?

sorry...

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