Thread: Is my laptop wireless G or N..??

  1. #1
    VA National Guard The Brain's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2004
    Location
    Manassas, VA USA
    Posts
    903

    Question Is my laptop wireless G or N..??

    Got my woman a laptop for xmas... now i don't know what type of router to get. Is there a way to check whether the machine supports wireless G?

    This is the closest answer I got whilst googling:
    http://au.answers.yahoo.com/answers2...3185712AA3ycuJ

    This states that wireless N is backwards compatible with G, but does not answer my question specifically.

    Looking through the linksys website is like taking a walk through the local pc store..

    Looking at system properties in control panel and device manager also yields no answers..

    Laptop documentation also does not provide answers. It's mostly about safety and how to set everything up. Second hand pc dealer also clueless. (yes, I was trying to save $$$)

    I would rather save $$$ by buying a G router if I can.. why do they make it so hard to find out what type of connection is supported by one's laptop..??!


    Laptop is a brand new Dell Inspiron 1501 with Mobile AMD Sempron Processor 3500 1.8Ghz 894Ram 32-Bit Vista machine.

    Wireless network card is a Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN mini-card.



    If anyone can provide a method for determining whether a laptop is wireless B, G, N etc.. and can break it down to the 1st grade level.. i would appreciate it very much.

    -dave
    • "Problem Solving C++, The Object of Programming" -Walter Savitch
    • "Data Structures and Other Objects using C++" -Walter Savitch
    • "Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers" -Kip Irvine
    • "Programming Windows, 5th edition" -Charles Petzold
    • "Visual C++ MFC Programming by Example" -John E. Swanke
    • "Network Programming Windows" -Jones/Ohlund
    • "Sams Teach Yourself Game Programming in 24 Hours" -Michael Morrison
    • "Mathmatics for 3D Game Programming & Computer Graphics" -Eric Lengyel

  2. #2
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Oct 2001
    Posts
    2,129
    Seems like the "Dual" refers to A and G. IIRC, A is on different channels than B/G.

    http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=430-1960

    Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays.

  3. #3
    C++まいる!Cをこわせ!
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    Inside my computer
    Posts
    24,654
    You don't need to worry - wireless N would still work on any G-type router (though your card doesn't appear to be N anyway), so go ahead and purchase a G router. They're all backwards compatible, so a G router can do B wireless too even (though not A!). But A isn't even supposed to be for private use - it's more for company use, so I don't see why it would have A capabilities instead of B...
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

Popular pages Recent additions subscribe to a feed

Similar Threads

  1. booting a wireless laptop off my router
    By MacNilly in forum Tech Board
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 11-14-2006, 03:42 AM
  2. accessing files over wireless network
    By BobMcGee123 in forum Tech Board
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 07-29-2006, 02:25 PM
  3. If you're getting a laptop, don't get a gateway
    By jverkoey in forum A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
    Replies: 14
    Last Post: 09-09-2004, 09:28 PM