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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. uncrowded 5Ghz band? by yack0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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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  2. Re:57 mbps isn't bad... by Jonny+290 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

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