802.11G router with 802.11B adapter. Is this possible?

[yanon]

I know that an 802.11G adapter can work with an 802.11B router. Can an 802.11B adapter work with an 802.11G router at 11Mbps?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

there is backwards compatibility..whether you'll get 11 Mbps is a ymmv

 

[gopunk]

yes g is backwards compatible with b

 

[Lyfer]

Originally posted by: gopunk
yes g is backwards compatible with b

What he said.

 

[batmanuel]

I'm doing this right now. My 802.11b router started going flaky on me so I upgraded to a new G router to keep me going. Eventually I'll get a G card for my wife's laptop, but for now it is working fine with the old B card.

Check your router's wireless configuration if you have any issues. The G routers have both a backwards compatible mode where they drop the speed on all the cards down to 802.11b speeds to allow the slower cards to operate and a G-only mode where they ignore the B cards in order to keep the G equipment running at full the 54Mbps.