Ready or Not, Here Comes 802.11n

[Audioholics]

<A href="http://www.audioholics.com/news/editorials/80211ndraftproducts.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 123px; HEIGHT: 100px" alt=[WiFialliancelogo1] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/WiFialliancelogo1_th.jpg" align=left border=0></A>High definition home theater and IP communications have created demand for faster wireless networks. In the pursuit to get products on shelves quickly, are manufacturers rushing product to "...capitalize on 802.11n draft hysteria"? Last week Linksys released early products based the new latest word in high speed wireless networking. The new "Wireless-N" protocol works by simultaneously transmitting two data streams through multiple channels to increase speed well above older protocols like 802.11g. IEEE had agreed on the 802.11n proposal last January but the new standard has not been finalized and early testing suggests there are problems with interoperability.

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[Tsunamii]

Kinda a misleading heading. 802.11n still has major hoops to jump through before geting the 75 percent margin of approval with the last vote only getting 46%. Add to that that the final draft may be so far off that frimware upgrades wont be enough... "Bill Bunch, the director of product management at Broadcom, said it is common to produce chips based on a draft standard and then make final adjustments through software updates that customers can download. Broadcom did that with its first chips for the 802.11g standard, he said. But could the 802.11n standard change so drastically that the chips can't be upgraded?

"That possibility does exist," said Bunch." Thanks kind of a leap from "ready or not"...no?

 

[jonnythan]

"Ready or not" still fits, just with more emphasis on the "not"

 

[Tsunamii]

"Ready or not" still fits, just with more emphasis on the "not"

True enough

 

[Wayde Robson]

After reading about Linksys releasing a product with a "draft" standard a bit of digging uncovered problems. The "ready or not here I come" quote kids use when playing hide and seek came to mind.

The one seeking out the early buyers in the consumer level doesn't seem to care if the product is ready. But you'll notice that Cisco isn't dealing in 802.11n to their corporate customers. That's the proof in the pudding to use a silly cliche.

 

[Tsunamii]

Wayde, I got ya
I am glad I have not started a project to cable my whole house with Cat5 Yet Sooner or later this will be out but id like to see what the real speeds are.