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802.11g... It's Official
JoeBuck writes "This article in CommsDesign reports that the IEEE has officially approved the IEEE 802.11g standard, as well as another standard (802.15.3) for shorter-range, very-low-power operation.
Two other standards designed to improve compatibility between different vendors' access points were also approved."
I triple E, 8 Oh 2 point eleven, G.
Yeeaa. Fo shizzle my wi'ahless using nizzles, wi-fi all day players.
Fizzle pizzle
The best thing about standards is... there's so MANY of them!
-Zipwow
I don't know which is more depressing, that 2/3 didn't care enough to vote, or that 1/2 of those that did are crazy.
Ok, 802.11g is bad enough to pronouce, but I am not saying "eight-oh-two-dot-fifteen-dot-three" all the time, dammit!
I gather that 802.15.3 is supposed to compete directly with Bluetooth; does anyone have any idea how they compare (in terms of speed/power consumption/security/etc.)? If it's a Bluetooth-killer, we should call it Redtooth.
"A witty saying proves nothing." --Voltaire
that there are now officially no drivers for ANY 802.11g devices out there for linux. Now we can officially be ignored and spat upon by all the device manufacturers inspite of our growing numbers, homeuser and corporate user alike.
In Bushworld, they struggle to keep church and state separate in Iraq as they increasingly merge the two in America.
The only remaining question regarding 802.11g: what are the marketroids going to call it? Super-Wi-Fi? Ultra Wi-Fi? Wi-Fi II? X-Fi?
IEEE has a nasty habbit
I read as:
IEEE has a nasty hobbit
<Gollum>Nasty Hobbitses!</gollum>
All Your Memory Are Belong To Java
The current draft of the 802.15.3 standard (being dubbed Wi-Media)
So there is a name. Does this get abreviated to "Wi-Me"?
"A witty saying proves nothing." --Voltaire
Headphones, and remote controls don't really need IP's as someone else pointed out.
Hi, we're from the Slashdot Geekness Enforcement Group. We've determined that your inability to see the rationale for IP connectivity to headphones and remote controls violates our standards. We've even recieved some complaints that this attitude "goes against the GPL" and helps to enforce "MPAA/RIAA restrictions on content use".
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Eight Oh Too Eleven Gee What does the future have instore for thee? Is it good? Is it bad? Will it make Bill Gates mad? Does it route and will it ping? Will it help find porn for my ding-a-ling? Eight Oh Too Eleven Gee What does the future see? - Ra Hahn - Where Ends the Sidewalk
Wonderful - now the WEP vulnerabilities will be even faster!
Hey, AIEEEEEEE.... How's about getting 802.11i finalized sometime this century, so we can be fast and resonably secure?
no, not really, but i do know a few couples that are particularly open-minded...does that count?
but - how many houses do you presently have wired together with cat5?
As of last week, 164. Of course, none of them know it and I'll get busted by the police if they catch me. Hrm... who's that knocking on the door?
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