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Pentagon and Wi-Fi Deal Reached

Posted by Hemos on from the making-things-work dept.

byteCoder writes "CNet reports that the US Military and the Wi-Fi manufacturers have struck an agreement on reducing the interference on military radars by Wi-Fi equipment. Basically, future wireless equipment will detect the presence of military radar and not transmit over the top of it. Additionally, as part of the compromise, defense officials will endorse the doubling of the number of allowed wireless frequencies--thus opening more spectrum to wireless users (as long as the FCC and Congress agree)."

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  1. Win-Win by Gallifrey · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is a great example of a win-win scenario. Seems perfectly reasonable to me and the results can benefit everyone. More frequencies, more channels, easier to cover a building, etc...

  2. Should be interesting by jcoy42 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I live just over a mile from DMAFB, and I can't help but wonder how well my in-house wireless will react to this. I'm less than 300 ft. from a road military vehicles frequent, although presumably without radar turned on.

    Perhaps it's time to grab an 802.11g access point before they are all military radar friendly. Or will the long term result be a ban on non-friendly access points?

    I suppose time will tell. It has a habit of doing that.

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  3. Re:Mixed results? by lucifuge31337 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    the military getting into consumer products, seems bad in general

    WHAT? Do you live in a cave?

    TONS of consumer technology has its roots in military-developed technology. You wouldn't be able to waste your time on /. if it weren't for a military research project.

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