CES Darling, 802.11g, Set to Explode 802.11b wireless networking products, which work in the 2.4 GHz frequency band, have been resounding successes over the past couple of years, but the standard has a maximum data transfer rate of only 11 Mbps. Meanwhile, companies like Intel are rallying around the 802.11a standard, which can transfer data at 54 Mbps operating at 5 GHz. The problem is, the a products and the b products don't work with each other. By contrast, 802.11g promises to work with both standards, delivering 54-Mbps speeds in the 2.4 GHz frequency band. That fact is catching the eyes of product manufacturers. I kept wondering why g and not a, as I thought was happening in the industry. Already I've see routers handling the two protocols, but it looks like this is only a stop gap and that momentum is behind g.