Hello Everyone I am new to this forum and am s

[Chloe]

Hello Everyone
I am new to this forum and am so happy to have found it. I have been searching online for a tablet pc, which I will use as a student and online teacher.

At home we have cable 2 meg internet with wireless-G, ... So my question is.. Will a Acer TravelMate TMC301XCi which appears to have wireless but B, work on the the same system or will I need to buy the TMC301XCi-G ? I am ready to place an order and am a bit confused.
I am also considering buying Alias Sketchbook pro. Is this a reasonable program for sketching considering price.. or is there one which is better for the price?

Any input on these issues would be much appreciated.


A Soon to be tablet owner
Chloe

[Chloe]

Hi again,

I just found articles here on alias scetchbook pro and other art/doodle programs in the forum so I do not need info on that only the info about the wireless.

Chloe

[rlobrecht]

An 802.11b client should be able to connect to an 802.11g access point. I have two 802.11b cards (Orinoco and Linksys) than can connect to my Linksys 802.11g access point. They obviously won't get g speeds. It is possible to set your 802.11g AP to not allow b to connect.

[WNewquay]

Chloe,

802.11g access points are backwards compatible supporting to 802.11b clients.

If the price difference is nominal (<$100) you may want to go with the 802.11g machine anyway.

Our campus just upgraded and is now offering 802.11g support, and everyone is happier.

Also, when running 802.11b at home, I always connected by wire for doing file transfers (between machines) of anything significant. Since upgrading to 802.11g, I only do that for really big files (backups etc.)

You probably won't see much/any difference in terms of internet access, but moving things around on your network will probably be about 5 times faster with 802.11g.

Also, with 802.11g cards, there is a greater likelihood that you will have support for some of the newer forms of wireless encryption (Microsoft WPA for example). I don't know that you don't have it with 802.11b, but I found better support for it with 802.11g gear.

Happy hunting!

[hotweiss]

If you only have a 2 megabyte connection at home, 802.11g will not increase internet speeds at all... 802.11b can handle upto about a 4 megabyte connection safely. On the other hand my ISP just upgraded to 10 mb/s, so I'm highly considering getting 802.11g...

[Chloe]

Thank you so much for your speedy replies. Excellent!

Chloe

[bchristenson]

My LINKSYS wireless-G works fine at 11.0 mbps at my local Starbucks with my faithful Travelmate 102T.

Chris