Super G Wireless

[grazer15]

I have a Netgear 834gt Wireless modem,it is wired into the Main PC and wirelessly connected to a Laptop and Xbox 360.I have the G option selected,but while I was in the set up menu yesterday I noticed a Super G option.Is it worth selecting this?Does it really give me 108 connection speeds and is it compatible with my setup?

[FunkyGibbon]

If you have super G compatible wireless cards them yes - you can see up to 108Mbs.

(Well I do on my Linksys kit).

[grazer15]

Do you think my laptop will have a Super G wireless card already installed,I only bought it a month ago and do you know if the Xbox 360 wireless adaptor is compatible?????????????

[Fidgits]

It depends, if its NetGear then likely - all it is, is compression.

You don't actually get any more bandwidth, it just uses a 2:1 compression ratio to manage to fit 108Mb/s (approx) down the 54Mb/s 802.11g connection.

Worth doing if you can though.

[FunkyGibbon]

grazer15 said:

Do you think my laptop will have a Super G wireless card already installed,I only bought it a month ago and do you know if the Xbox 360 wireless adaptor is compatible?????????????

sorry no idea - you should be able to find out from the manufacturers' web sites.

[ThePassenger]

Super G and G+ are two subsets of 802.11g. Both work in different ways and are, effectivley incompatible with each other (they will revert to 11g, the fastest common denominator). One uses compression. The other uses two channels and bonds them together (2x54mbps = 108mbps). Both will in optimal circumstances give you greater throughput than a standard 54mbps 11g system.

However, the 'rules' for Pre-N equipment apply to 'Super G'. If your going to do it, kit everything from the same manufacturers range of products (i.e. all Netgear or Linksys or Belkin), this way you know all the equipment is using the same trick to do the job and you minimise odd incompatibilities.

Turning the option on will do no harm, it will also do no good as, unless everything else on the wireless segment is Super G... it'll all run at 11g anyway.