802.11n approved!?

IEEE stamps "approved" on 802.11n Wi-Fi standard - Network World

Anyone else think it took them long enough? I was starting to think they would never do it.

What do you guys think will happen now? I remember reading that router and wifi card manufacturers will start releasing firmware updates when they did finalize the standard; and I also remember reading that you should hope whatever draft-n device you buy will be full compatible with whatever they settle on.

It seems like they eased the transfer rate down to 100-150mbs, that's a pretty big drop from the 300 or so they had before. It's also a bit more than the 80mbs that I've experienced with my Intel n and netgear router.

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wastedtime

Ya, it's about time but I don't think they eased the transfer rate down. I think they just put a minimum for the 802.11n standard at 100Mb. You should still see transfer rates maxing out over 200. (Depending on interference, signal strength, etc.)

deyin.chen

the N standard is only useful for LAN transmission. when you are connecting to the internet, there's no difference than 802.11g

tiersten

deyin.chen wrote: »

the N standard is only useful for LAN transmission. when you are connecting to the internet, there's no difference than 802.11g

A lot more people are getting Internet connections now that are faster the roughly 20Mbps you get out of 802.11g so 802.11n would be useful.

WilliamK99

Guess it's time to upgrade my 802.11a Wireless card....