Re: [LUG] Is 802.11n actually ratified now?

[Dan Lewis <danlewis.ltd@xxxxxxxxx>]

i have a wireless n card and found that the distance benefits were marginal - i think i did better with my olg g+ and 5 db aerial. speed wise i did get in the 200mbs range but never really noticed it as i ended up plugging my nas into a gigabit Ethernet router instead. so no i dont really think its worth it unless you have a very specific situation that requires it. i wont bother buying any more cards again, until i needed it for sure

Dan

2009/10/7 M.Blackmore <mblackmore@xxxxxxxxx>

"The maximum theoretical speed of 802.11n is 300 Mbps."

What are people finding in the real world (in this case a rural/suburban
home situation with 4 other users in sight)?

"It also has a greater effective distance."

Again what sort of difference does this make?

I.E. is it really worth the effort of upgrading the laptops - the bridge
I really should replace given that it has partly malfunctioned anyway...
I suppose...

On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 23:54 +0100, Julian Hall wrote:
> M.Blackmore wrote:
> > I've been hesitant to replace a malfunctioning* wireless bridge and plus
> > buy an extra repeater for the other side of t'stone wall, 'cos I was
> > under the impression that "n" was still in draft, but I've noticed a lot
> > of "n" stuff appearing. I thought the ratification was happening this
> > month, October - has it actually happened earlier
> http://www.itpro.co.uk/615082/ieee-finally-certifies-next-gen-802-11n-wireless-standard?CMP=NLC-Newsletters&uid=fd05eec0062e1c24af07921b38ed8498
>
> *basically yes*
> >  and I was asleep?
> >
> Unknown ;)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Julian
>


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