2
802.11b client cards will work with 802.11g access points, and 802.11g client
cards will work with 802.11b access points. Note that 802.11b products cannot be
upgraded to support 802.11g since the 802.11g radios use a different chipset than
802.11b devices. However, 802.11g products and 802.11b products can work in
the same network. Because 802.11g and 802.11b operate in the same unlicensed
band, the two standards share the same three channels, which can limit wireless
capacity and scalability.
An 802.11a device and an 11b/g device cannot communicate
with each other.
The Wi-Fi standard certified at 2.4 GHz ensures the wireless interoperability with
other Wi-Fi (802.11b) certified devices.
1.4
Security Standards
The Wireless Router For ADSL supports the following security standards
(features vary based on models):
•
Cisco Client Extension compatibility (including LEAP)
•
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption using 64 bit, 128 bit or 152 bit
encryption
•
AES-CCM Encryption support
•
Support for Windows 802.1x supplicants
•
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption using PassPhrase (text string with
at least 8 to 63 characters, it can be any combination of letters, numbers and
other characters).
