Re: What speed is the wireless on my laptop?

[Lukas Beeler <lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.