Everyone’s abuzz about 802.11g at the moment – that new wireless Internet protocol that’s faster than, but still backwards compatible with, 802.11b. But the evidence is mounting that now is not that time to switch, since the final standards for 802.11g haven’t been ratified yet. Henry Norr of the San Francisco Chronicle tests out some new 802.11g gear and finds that it actually worked slower than 802.11b. He’s also encountering plenty of incompatibilty problems with 802.11b products.
