Larry, I believe that's outdated info x 3.
Some of the original G wifi routers did indeed have this issue (that a B wifi device would drop the network speed down to B, even on unrelated G to G network communications).
But I believe for most wifi routers, this has not been the case for quite a long time. For example Linksys WRT54g can communicate G to G, while also talking B to B with another device.
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Larry, I believe that's outdated info x 3.
Some of the original G wifi routers did indeed have this issue (that a B wifi device would drop the network speed down to B, even on unrelated G to G network communications).
But I believe for most wifi routers, this has not been the case for quite a long time. For example Linksys WRT54g can communicate G to G, while also talking B to B with another device.
Pls post if someone thinks this is incorrect.