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Faster, Stronger 802.11b
stoney27 writes: "Looks like U.S. Robotics has doubled the speed of 802.11b plus increased the range. See link on MacCentral." You'll need upgraded equipment at both the base-station and computer ends to get a boost in speed, but they claim compatibility with standard 802.11b.
Double the bandwidth! Does that mean I have to use two pringle cans as antennas? Once I pop, the file transfers don't stop!
I design user interfaces for a free network management application,
... when you post all your stories twice.
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Of course. We've just doubled the bandwidth, now we can read all Slashdot stories twice.
U.S. Robotics, in doubling the speed of 802.11 by x2, has also succeeded in upsetting users of competing 802.11Flex modems.
More to come.
These chips double 802.11b speeds by functioning full duplex. The drawback however, is that this requires category 5 air.
;)
Not all offices and homes fulfill this requirement. Location plays an important role: in the city you'll most likely not be able to communicate full duplex. In suburbs you'll have a fair chance if you're not too close to the city. In rural area's you'll most probably always have full duplex.
You can communicate at 22 Mbps over short distances using category 4 air, but when the peers are more than a few meters apart, category 5 air becomes a must.
Just something you might want to know before you buy these things..
Note: since this story seems a duplicate, I'll just duplicate my reply as well..
Since this whole article/discussion is irrelevant anyway, let's all take a look at yahoo's great pic of the day, for some unintentional humor instead.
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