 funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | 802.11N cool but too late, too compromised Wi-Fi.org lost my support when they lowered their own lowered standards to allow cheap 802.11b/g-style antenna arrays several months ago -- all to save a manufacture about 25¢ a unit. Yes, the N-stuff is cool, but they threw the baby out with the bathwater.
Meanwhile, can someone explain to me why we're so in love with the 2.4 GHz band? Crowding in this band is the reason most of us will never realize N's potential! Where's the 5 GHz stuff?
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 aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
 ·Verizon FiOS
| said by funchords:Wi-Fi.org lost my support when they lowered their own lowered standards to allow cheap 802.11b/g-style antenna arrays several months ago -- all to save a manufacture about 25¢ a unit. Yes, the N-stuff is cool, but they threw the baby out with the bathwater. Meanwhile, can someone explain to me why we're so in love with the 2.4 GHz band? Crowding in this band is the reason most of us will never realize N's potential! Where's the 5 GHz stuff? I have several 5Ghz wirless N devices. They aren't very hard to find. what's difficult are devices that handle 2.4Ghz N and 5Ghz N concurrently. |
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join:2001-06-23
Puyallup, WA
kudos:1 | reply to funchords
said by funchords:Meanwhile, can someone explain to me why we're so in love with the 2.4 GHz band? Crowding in this band is the reason most of us will never realize N's potential! Where's the 5 GHz stuff? Higher the frequency = less penetration of walls & objects.
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3 edits | reply to funchords
802.11a & also there are some 802.11n out there on 5GHZ.
5GHZ N stuff:
»www.google.com/products?q=802.11···=en&aq=f |
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 fireflierCoffee. . .Need CoffeePremium
join:2001-05-25
Limbo | reply to funchords
The answer I've read to that question is inter-operability. If you put out gear purely on 5Ghz, consumers who were running 802.11b/g now have to upgrade all their gear to 802.11a or n (assuming the AP runs dual-mode a/n).
If you put N on 2.4Ghz, the AP can run dual or tri-mode (802.11b/g/n) and they upgrade some gear to get n, but the old stuff still works on b/g.
The downside is crowding.
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