alt.internet.wireless

John Navas wrote:

> henry999@eircom.net (Henry) wrote

> >get all the pieces from the same manufacturer, to make sure they work
> >together as intended. But that's not always possible.
>
> Why not?

Why not? Erm ... what about the situation where a single manufacturer
just doesn't make all of the parts that you need?

Here's one scenario, but of course there will be others. Apple's latest
Airport Extreme Base Station is draft-n, as are all of their current
computers. But they don't have an internal upgrade card for older Macs
that came with built-in 'b' or 'g', nor do they sell any usb, pci,
pcmcia or expresscard add-ons. Older machines in the building have to
connect on 'g', which can slow down the whole network. Unless, of
course, _someone else's_ usb, pci, pcmcia or expresscard draft-n add-ons
will inter-operate functionally with Apple's gear. Get my point?

cheers,

Henry