Wireless USB for USB 1.0?

I have an old laptop that only has USB 1.0. Will any of those USB
dongle thingies allow me to connect? (I'd rather not do a pcmcia
card.) thanks

dterrors@hotmail.com

Hi
Even if a the device is USB2 802.11g it is downward compatible.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

<> wrote in message
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> I have an old laptop that only has USB 1.0. Will any of those USB
> dongle thingies allow me to connect? (I'd rather not do a pcmcia
> card.) thanks
>

Jack \(MVP-Networking\).

Maybe, maybe not. Does the USB dongle you're looking at say it supports USB
1.0?

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<> wrote in message
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> I have an old laptop that only has USB 1.0. Will any of those USB
> dongle thingies allow me to connect? (I'd rather not do a pcmcia
> card.) thanks
>

Richard G. Harper

Some USB adapters don't have drivers for Win98/ME, if that is a
consideration.

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." <> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Even if a the device is USB2 802.11g it is downward compatible.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> <> wrote in message
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>>
>> I have an old laptop that only has USB 1.0. Will any of those USB
>> dongle thingies allow me to connect? (I'd rather not do a pcmcia
>> card.) thanks
>>
>
>

RalfG

you'll top out at 11or12 MB/Sec due to USB1 but apart from that it should be
fine.

gR


<> wrote in message
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> I have an old laptop that only has USB 1.0. Will any of those USB
> dongle thingies allow me to connect? (I'd rather not do a pcmcia
> card.) thanks
>

gerryR

On 24-May-2006, "gerryR" <> wrote:

> you'll top out at 11or12 MB/Sec due to USB1 but apart from that it should be
> fine.

USB dongle working fine with USB1 here.

ato_zee@hotmail.com

Actually a maximum of 12 megaBITS/second (Mbps or Mb/s or Mbit/s), not
megaBYTES/second (MBps or MB/s or MByte/s). 12 Mb/s is 1.4 MB/s.

In <> on Wed, 24 May 2006 13:54:46 +0100,
"gerryR" <> wrote:

>you'll top out at 11or12 MB/Sec due to USB1 but apart from that it should be
>fine.

><> wrote in message
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>>
>> I have an old laptop that only has USB 1.0. Will any of those USB
>> dongle thingies allow me to connect? (I'd rather not do a pcmcia
>> card.) thanks

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thanks all

dterrors@hotmail.com

correct! used a big b when I should have used a small one!!

thanks


"John Navas" <> wrote in message
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> Actually a maximum of 12 megaBITS/second (Mbps or Mb/s or Mbit/s), not
> megaBYTES/second (MBps or MB/s or MByte/s). 12 Mb/s is 1.4 MB/s.
>
> In <> on Wed, 24 May 2006 13:54:46
> +0100,
> "gerryR" <> wrote:
>
>>you'll top out at 11or12 MB/Sec due to USB1 but apart from that it should
>>be
>>fine.
>
>><> wrote in message
>>news: groups.com...
>>>
>>> I have an old laptop that only has USB 1.0. Will any of those USB
>>> dongle thingies allow me to connect? (I'd rather not do a pcmcia
>>> card.) thanks
>
> --
> Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR ALT.INTERNET.WIRELESS AT
> John Navas
> <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FAQ_for_alt.internet.wireless>

gerryR

"gerryR" <> hath wroth:

>correct! used a big b when I should have used a small one!!

Make life easy so nobody has to guess. Write it out as in:
xx bytes/sec
and
xx bits/sec
and never mind trying to invent a new abrev.

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