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Wireless Networking at 72Mbps
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."
It's amazing how many admins of wireless networks leave the default password and don't use encryption! The media loves to jump on "war driving" stories to scare the public with evil-hackers. But, the fault lies squarely with the admins who are too lazy to take even the basic precautions. Anyhow... enough preaching. I must say that this new access point kicks ass! I think I'm going to get one and test it out by copying my entire MP3 directory and timing it! Good times.
"Up to 54Mbps" Check out the data sheet: ftp://ftp.linksys.com/datasheet/wap54ads.pdf
From the linksys page:
"* Operation in the uncrowded 5 GHz band"
Yeah, uncrowded because nobody has really launched any of the unlicensed wireless gear there. Give it a couple years like 802.11b and then we'll see how uncrowded it is.
(still, having more channels in 802.11a is nice - really nice)
yack0
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1000baseT is a pain in the ass. I've never seen a card do more than 400mbps. And you're comparing a WIRELESS PROTOCOL to a WIRED one. You can't really do that fairly. Try to run Gig-E into your living room without having a cord to trip on.
Hey Taco! Looks like you're using the "infinite monkeys and typewriters" scheme to generate Ask Slashdots again...
You should be nice when dealing with reputable people. That "Virtually All" line wasn't marketing spin, it was an outright lie. Only when we have the self confidence as consumers and citizens to start calling companies and politicians out when they 'pull a Clinton' like that do we have a chance to deal with them as equals in a free market/society.
They showed zero respect for our intelligence so why should we respect them? Respect is NOT a right.
Maybe you like holding the ankles and swallowing aything a company puts on glossy paper but I sure don't. Linux has only marginal relevance in this case. When I read "Virtually All" I expect to see more than three entries on the list. Obvious omissions are PowerMac (Powerbooks have Cardbus slots you know, and OS X certainly qualifies as a Network Operating System) Netware, Linux, *BSD and SCO.
And yes, there ARE times when running any/all of those in a wireless environment is useful. Think portable training lab for a second. Think portable data gathering.
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