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Wireless Networking at 72Mbps

Posted by Hemos on from the going-super-fast dept.

Unknown Relic writes "One of the biggest drawbacks to current wireless networking technologies is the limited connection speed. Well now LinkSys has released a new wireless access point which operates on the 5 GHz band, supports up to 72 Mbps connections and is fully interoperable with existing 802.11a wireless equipment."

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  1. 72Mbps? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    That means 7 times more of my packets can be sniffed than if I used the traditional 11Mbps technology... -mg

  2. You can all thank me now by superid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Technology advances seem to only happen when I adopt the old standard. Eleven seconds ago I successfully installed plain old 11.b onto this box.

    1. Re:You can all thank me now by TrumpetPower! · · Score: 5, Funny

      Technology advances seem to only happen when I adopt the old standard. Eleven seconds ago I successfully installed plain old 11.b onto this box.

      In that case, would you mind buying a nuclear power plant and a Space Shuttle?

      b&

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    2. Re:You can all thank me now by smagoun · · Score: 5, Funny

      And while you're at it, pick up a congressman or two

  3. I really can't say... by evilpaul13 · · Score: 3, Funny

    That I'm going to miss running category 5 cable, who's with me? Now just to find out what these things cost... ok, I'll be running Cat5 for quite some time to come :-/

  4. Wireless monitors... by danamania · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...and the bandwidth creeps up a little more. Soon soon soon I'll have wireless everything. Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, sub, and network access.

    As a bonus... I can reheat my lunch by propping it up in the middle of all this :D

    a grrl & her server

  5. Re:Let's just hope sys-admins will learn by Elbereth · · Score: 3, Funny

    When you say "the media", I think you mean "Slashdot".

    Ask your parents what they've heard lately about "war driving" and they'll tell you horror stories about the L.A. highways.

  6. Re:One of the biggest drawbacks? by richie2000 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Who the hell wants 1000 MB/s when you can only talk to yourself ?

    Schizophrenic geeks are people two, you know. :-)

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  7. Re:57 mbps isn't bad... by Elbereth · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you sure you're running gigabit ethernet on real computers? Or are you running it on a 32 bit, 33 MHz PCI bus that only supports 133MB/s?

    Why does everyone quote stuff in megabits, anyways? I get so tired dividing every damn number I see by eight. Yeah, I've got six gigabits of RAM, four terabits of hard drive space, and an Ultra 1280 SCSI hard drive. Oh yeah, and a 570mm monitor.