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802.11g Hardware Arrives

Posted by timothy on from the fewer-wires-better-mood dept.

DBordello writes "There's been quite a scramble as networking companies the world over rush to be the first to bring their 802.11g wireless gear to market. Linksys missed their early December launch date, and a company named Buffalo Technology has risen to steal their thunder. The company today issued a press release announcing their AirStation G54 broadband router access point and wireless CardBus adapter, the first 802.11g draft standard hardware to hit the market. More information can be found at the company's website." Update: 12/31 21:35 GMT by M : The story submitter apparently found this blurb on broadbandreports.com. Hey people, give credit where it's due. Update: 12/31 22:50 GMT by T : Karen Sohl of Linksys writes to say that despite the slip in dates, "Linksys is shipping our line of Wireless-G products. We have been shipping since last week. Honestly not large volume by any means-- but by the end of this week we'll have shipped over 10,000 units to distribution -- Ingram Micro and Tech Data." That's where even large retailers (think Amazon) buy their stock.

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  1. Hrrmmmn, by Hawthorne01 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    802.11g is out, and MacWorld SF is in a week....

    Given Apple's early adoption of 802.11b, are all us Mac users in for a nice surprise at the the SteveNote regarding wireless?

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    "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
  2. Security mathers? by alexandre · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does this 802.11g standard fix the security issue we had with 802.11b ? If not, which 802.11* will fix that? :)

  3. Re:security? by Stonent1 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    256bit WEP not enough for you?

    It takes about 15 minutes to crack 64bit wep. A day to crack 128bit wep. I think that 256bit WEP IIRC would in theory take about a month of non-stop monitoring.

  4. Range with 802.11b by dalutong · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They have a chart on the product's webpage, but does the 11Mps (indoor is 410ft) range apply to 802.11b devices? and does the outdoor (1800ft) apply to 802.11b devices?

    If it does, I may just get one of these things. The range in my WAP/router (linksys) sucks. then again -- i would buy a booster if i could find one that works well.

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    What comes first, finding a teacher or becoming a student?
  5. Re:Great! by SpinyNorman · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't give up -- there are easy solutions to thick walls.

    Yeah - ethernet cable running thru the conduit! ;-)