[ale] no 802.11g for Linux?

[Geoffrey]

Jason Day wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 07:19:32PM -0400, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 
>>I would be perfectly happy if the chip makers would write a module, or
>>even a user-space driver. 54Mbps sounds pretty sweet.
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, according to this article, the IEEE has decided to
> throttle the maximum throughput of 802.11g to 10-20Mbps.  Saw this on
> Slashdot this morning.

Just so they're compatible with older technology.  Good thing they 
didn't do this with the car, we'd be traveling at a horses pace...

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

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