Been using N-spec for a few months and wished I'd got round to wiring in the router that I had laying around for 6 months in earlier - it's what wifi should be, seamless coverage capable of doing everything I would on the desktop on me tablet in any room of the house - or even out in the garden.
Anyone willing to start a book on which manufacturers will actually supply the needed firmware updates to go to Final n-spec, and how quick they'll be off the block with them?
My Money's on Intel leading the pack to keep centrino's good reputation intact, probably followed by Apple.
My expectations on Belkin are already set suitably low.
Half the delays have been specificially because so many vendors jumped the gun so all the vendors were trying to ensure they could software upgrade their pre-n/draft-n hardware...
That took a long time. They should have known that if they had submitted it to ISO via ECMA they could have rammed it through the process in a couple of months.
this will mean a wifi unit for an Xbox 360 might work with an Airport Extreme?
Sorry, mine's the one with the amazon seller ID in the pocket. We did get more for it than we paid at Game though not enough for the aggravation in trying to get it to work.
Really greater range? Whenever I look into this the small print says faster speeds at the SAME range not wider range than 802.11g.
It's the "most advanced" bt homehub 2 scam. People sign a new 18 month contract to get one to solve their connection issues then they find that a) it only runs at 801.11g because that's what their clients are using and b) when they do have 802.11n it does not penetrate obstacles any better so they still have range problems. Most people already connect faster than their internet connection but want the signal to reach their bedroom, which this does not help with. Prove me wrong.
Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless Router (802.11b/g, 54 Mbps, 128 Bit WEP, WPA2)
Linksys WRT610N Dual-N Band Wireless Router (802.11a/b/g, draft 802.11n, 300 Mbps, 128 Bit WEP, WPA2)
D-Link DI-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router (802.11b/g/N, 300 Mbps, 128 Bit WEP, WPA2)
Synology DS409 4-Bay NAS Enclosure (USB, eSATA)
Netgear WNDR3700 RangeMax Dual Band Wireless Router (802.11b/g/Draft N, WPA, WPA2)
802.11n Wi-Fi to be standardised... at last
Bobsch
'Bout time #
Posted Wednesday 22nd July 2009 13:25 GMT
A standard that finally catches up with real life? I'm surprised they didn't change it just enough to render all the 11n kit out there unusable.
Sampler
Finally #
Posted Wednesday 22nd July 2009 13:46 GMT
Been using N-spec for a few months and wished I'd got round to wiring in the router that I had laying around for 6 months in earlier - it's what wifi should be, seamless coverage capable of doing everything I would on the desktop on me tablet in any room of the house - or even out in the garden.
Dave Murray
Re: 'Bout time #
Posted Wednesday 22nd July 2009 13:46 GMT
"I'm surprised they didn't change it just enough to render all the 11n kit out there unusable."
How do you know they didn't? The article doesn't say either way.
Anonymous Coward
IEEE cannot possibly have ... #
Posted Wednesday 22nd July 2009 14:05 GMT
... a Brit public servant on its committee by any chance has it?
David Austin
title #
Posted Wednesday 22nd July 2009 15:53 GMT
This'll be fun.
Anyone willing to start a book on which manufacturers will actually supply the needed firmware updates to go to Final n-spec, and how quick they'll be off the block with them?
My Money's on Intel leading the pack to keep centrino's good reputation intact, probably followed by Apple.
My expectations on Belkin are already set suitably low.
Peter Methven
Doh #
Posted Wednesday 22nd July 2009 16:01 GMT
Half the delays have been specificially because so many vendors jumped the gun so all the vendors were trying to ensure they could software upgrade their pre-n/draft-n hardware...
Anonymous Coward
@ AC #
Posted Wednesday 22nd July 2009 16:47 GMT
Heh. I was about to say that, except someone from the US Congress instead of a British public servant.
NRT
Standards bodys #
Posted Wednesday 22nd July 2009 22:33 GMT
That took a long time. They should have known that if they had submitted it to ISO via ECMA they could have rammed it through the process in a couple of months.
OK, the result may not have been usable.
Nick
Muscleguy
Any chance #
Posted Wednesday 22nd July 2009 22:33 GMT
this will mean a wifi unit for an Xbox 360 might work with an Airport Extreme?
Sorry, mine's the one with the amazon seller ID in the pocket. We did get more for it than we paid at Game though not enough for the aggravation in trying to get it to work.
Anonymous Coward
:-) aha #
Posted Wednesday 22nd July 2009 22:33 GMT
maybe a brace of each?
Anonymous Coward
And as a trilogy ... #
Posted Thursday 23rd July 2009 00:13 GMT
"public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite".
from the illuminaries at el reg
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/22/destination_moon/page3.html
Disco-Legend-Zeke
The cell phone companies have so much to lose. #
Posted Thursday 23rd July 2009 09:16 GMT
Fully meshed networking will replace single-cell, and the cell phone companies have been doing whatever they can to block it.
zxcvbnm
Isn't it greater speeds at the same range? #
Posted Thursday 23rd July 2009 12:00 GMT
Really greater range? Whenever I look into this the small print says faster speeds at the SAME range not wider range than 802.11g.
It's the "most advanced" bt homehub 2 scam. People sign a new 18 month contract to get one to solve their connection issues then they find that a) it only runs at 801.11g because that's what their clients are using and b) when they do have 802.11n it does not penetrate obstacles any better so they still have range problems. Most people already connect faster than their internet connection but want the signal to reach their bedroom, which this does not help with. Prove me wrong.
Anonymous Coward
@ Isn't it greater speeds at the same range? #
Posted Friday 31st July 2009 22:16 GMT
On the box for the Belkin routers the N1 signal arch thing goes further than the g one :)