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Re: What speed is the wireless on my laptop?

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 21:18, Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It helps if I look in the right place! ÂSo it sounds like Intel never made a
4965AG before they made a 4965AGN; I figured the latter was just an upgrade
to the former. ÂAny idea why they would disable the 'n'?

So they can charge 50$ more for the .n version.

'b' sounds like a step down from 'a'! ÂWhat was up with that?

.b was cheaper. They already had 2.4 Ghz radios.

Do these have to be mutually exclusive or can the same 'n' device have both
modes?

They're not. Most decent .n devices can do up to 300mbit on 2.4 Ghz
and 5 Ghz, but not all.

In case you have a laptop like mine stuck at 2.4GHz and another
laptop that can use the 5GHz?

Yep, of course.


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