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Anal Old Men Make One Small Step Toward 802.11n

Worf — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:24:00 EST

Actually, one of the reasons it takes so long is because they want to do it right.

Think about it - 802.11b/g is made possible by the fact that the original 802.11 spec (1-2Mbps) allowed for higher speeds in the future. Sure there are bad parts, but they're inevitable and serve to keep all wireless device talking to each other rather than interfering.

After all, there are a few Pre-N devices that will basically wipe out the entire 2.4Ghz spectrum for everyone else...

Worf

Anal Old Men Make One Small Step Toward 802.11n

Brian Sexton — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:54:54 EST

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Anal Old Men Make One Small Step Toward 802.11n

transmogrify — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:52:35 EST

*insert goatse comment here*

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Anal Old Men Make One Small Step Toward 802.11n

MegaZone — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:24:05 EST

daftrok - Sure, but then you go over a friend's house and they have Netgear. And the cafe has Linksys. And the hotel has D-Link...

Without an agreed upon spec, and interoperability testing, you lose a lot of the benefits of WiFi - being able to use devices untethered out and about.

Plus the Pre-N gear you buy today may not be able to be upgraded to the final 11n spec. So you buy something today, then you buy a new machine next year - and it can't talk to the Pre-N router you own at 11n speeds. Because it only does the real 11n, and the router doesn't.

No one should buy the Pre-N gear out today, it just isn't worth it and the final spec is finally looking to be out reasonably soon.

MegaZone

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HDC — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:47:13 EST

Here I mean. Take of that period.
http://standards.ieee.org/resources/index.html

HDC

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HDC — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:46:35 EST

Every standard ratification out of the IEEE takes this long. It's how the process there works. Read more than you could ever care to know about it here. http://standards.ieee.org/resources/index.html.

HDC

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ibelli — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:43:38 EST

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Anal Old Men Make One Small Step Toward 802.11n

thistle.john — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:50:22 EST

Rather than having more and more revisions of a 'draft', thus making companys constantly having to modify and re-adjust their products, would it not be better to settle on a final product, and then in another few years have somthing else?

thistle.john

Anal Old Men Make One Small Step Toward 802.11n

daftrok — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:43:10 EST

Why in the hell is this taking so long? And does it really matter? I mean, I can use the Belkin 802.11n notebook wireless card with the Belkin router, can't I?

daftrok