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The 802.11G platform is going to be released soon. What do you guys think of it? Is it worth getting or it the 802.11B platform still the way to go.
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This is America Man. No one wants to loose business. :QOriginally posted by: SaigonK
I am not sure where you got that info, but the 802.11g isnt even ratififed as a standard yet, hold off.
Draft Complaint 802.11g.
They hope that what ever small changes will be made would be corrected via firmware releases.
Click on the links of my post above.
Originally posted by: xWeston
Draft Complaint 802.11g.
They hope that what ever small changes will be made would be corrected via firmware releases.
Click on the links of my post above.
Actually it is at a stage now where the standard CANT change enough to require a silicon change. Therefore any changes could be updated with firmware.
And the post below mine, 802.11g and 802.11a arent proprietary. That is why they are IEEE standards (or on their way). 802.11g is backwards compatible with 802.11b (which a is not) so i dont see any reason to go with the faster and better 802.11g.
Originally posted by: Muse
I just read an article in today's San Francisco Chronicle's weekly Technology section on this subject. Read it here.
This doesn't surprise me and I think your assessment of the article is probably spot on. I've read that guy's column before and cringed. It's not directed at tech-savvy people. I'm not savvy in networking and could only take it at face value. I gather that the chief advantage of 11g will be a faster LAN. I wonder how it compares with ethernet in practical terms of data throughput.Originally posted by: xWeston
Originally posted by: Muse
I just read an article in today's San Francisco Chronicle's weekly Technology section on this subject. Read it here.
that article is good but has some misinformation. It seems a little discouraging about getting 11g now but almost all vendors are promising (that i have seen) 11g final upgrades as soon as it comes out. Updating firmware is not something that is really hard to do. He makes the task sound difficult etc.
the standard cant be changed far enough so that firmware wont fix any incompatibilities anymore because of the point that it is at
This doesn't surprise me and I think your assessment of the article is probably spot on. I've read that guy's column before and cringed. It's not directed at tech-savvy people. I'm not savvy in networking and could only take it at face value. I gather that the chief advantage of 11g will be a faster LAN. I wonder how it compares with ethernet in practical terms of data throughput.