I was wondering the same thing a little while back, and found
this info on a newsgroup (Credit to Jon C. Hodgson):
A couple other notes on the WGA11B, and comparison with the WET11
- It has a 10Mbit port, so you can't get the full 11MBps of 802.11b --
For broadband gaming, this shouldn't be an issue, and even for
in-house PCs you rarely get the full signal strength anyway.
- It has no Web-based GUI for confiugration modifcations afterwards.
(Like the WET11 has).
- It does have nifty no-config setup if you use them head to head.
- Smaller than the WET11
- Cheaper than the WET11 as of this writing (by $10-20)
- The WET11 Setup wizard will detect and list the WGA11B alongside the
WET11, but if you try to configure the WGA using the WET wizard,
you'll corrupt the WGA's config and then have to push the rest button
and re-configure it. This at least shows that the WGA is most likely
very similar to the WET internally.
- It's configuration is less advanced than the WET 11:
....You can't set "WEP Authentication Type" (Open System/Shared
Key/Both)
....You can't set Transmission Rate, AP Density or Encryption Filter
Mode
....No status page or usage statistics
....You can't name the device (to simplify admin if you had a few)
--- Cade Roux <cade (AT) roux (DOT) org> wrote:
> I've got 3 WET11s (and I like them), but the WGA11B is cheaper. Anyone
> know why you would use a WET11 when you can get the WGA11B instead?
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this info on a newsgroup (Credit to Jon C. Hodgson):
A couple other notes on the WGA11B, and comparison with the WET11
- It has a 10Mbit port, so you can't get the full 11MBps of 802.11b --
For broadband gaming, this shouldn't be an issue, and even for
in-house PCs you rarely get the full signal strength anyway.
- It has no Web-based GUI for confiugration modifcations afterwards.
(Like the WET11 has).
- It does have nifty no-config setup if you use them head to head.
- Smaller than the WET11
- Cheaper than the WET11 as of this writing (by $10-20)
- The WET11 Setup wizard will detect and list the WGA11B alongside the
WET11, but if you try to configure the WGA using the WET wizard,
you'll corrupt the WGA's config and then have to push the rest button
and re-configure it. This at least shows that the WGA is most likely
very similar to the WET internally.
- It's configuration is less advanced than the WET 11:
....You can't set "WEP Authentication Type" (Open System/Shared
Key/Both)
....You can't set Transmission Rate, AP Density or Encryption Filter
Mode
....No status page or usage statistics
....You can't name the device (to simplify admin if you had a few)
--- Cade Roux <cade (AT) roux (DOT) org> wrote:
> I've got 3 WET11s (and I like them), but the WGA11B is cheaper. Anyone
> know why you would use a WET11 when you can get the WGA11B instead?
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