802.11b card to 802.11g router ?

[bluetech]

I would like to know if it is possible to connect an 802.11b wireless card to a 802.11g wireless router.

The reason for this is that I am pondering over the N50 with an inbuilt wireless card. Trouble is, is that it only has an802.11b card (I assume that this may be due to a higher power consumption, then again a may have assumed wrong).

If it is possible then what would the drawbacks be?

Any help will be much appreciated as this looks like a grat PDA for the price. And I know acer to be pretty damn good with the quality of their desktops so I hope that this will follow through top theier PDA's. Unless anyone could correct me here...

Thanks all!

 

[bluetech]

Could you elaborate on "redution in throughput"?

From my understanding, g refers to the wireless range rather then the speed (54Mbps / 108 Mbps). So do you mean there would be a loss in wireless coverage given by the wireless access point or a loss in speed?

Thanks for the reply!

 

[bluetech]

Exelent, thanks guys, you have all answerd my question and posed some new thoughts also. Very much appreciated!