i know what 802.11b/g wireless is because that is what i have at home but am unsure what WiFi is as compared to wireless b/g. are the two the same?? what are the differances??

my wireless adapter claimed to be both wireless b/g AND WiFi compatible, how can i use WiFi if i want in a place with it, as opposed to my wireless b/g home network??

basically, i would like a rather detailed explanation and the differances/similarities between it and b/g, as well as how to connect to a WiFi connection.

thanks to all who answer!

older technology is the s---; keep it running

WiFi - is a compatibility standard. Basically major manufactures (Cisco, 3Com, yada, yada, yada), agreed to make standards rather than proprietary wireless technology, so a Netgear NIC card can work with a Linksys Wireless AP because their both WiFi compliant.

802.11b/g are wireless technologies.

So when your manufacture says it is WiFi compliant it means that it will work with any other WiFi compliant manufacture.

D

WiFi stands for Wireless Fidelity. Its a collective name that covers all the 802.11 wireless standards. The wirless networking equivalent of HiFI.

The letter after 802.11 indicates exactly which standard it referrers to. They vary in their speed, frequencies used and range.

802.11g is the latest standard. 802.11b/g means that it is backward compatible with the b standard as well as using the g standard. 802.11a is largely redundant now.

Type define:802.11 into Google to get the specifications for the various 802.11 standards.

Stuart

theres a new standard 802.11n in the works, check it out here:

http://wifinetnews.com/archives/cat_80211n.html

WO!

older technology is the s---; keep it running