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Pushing Wi-Fi's Limits: Problems and Solutions

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bits-and-bytes-wizzing-around-your-noggin dept.

securitas writes "Forbes technology columnist Arik Hesseldahl discusses the problems with 802.11x Wi-Fi - speed and range - and how to push its limits in a pair of his Ten O'Clock Tech columns. He discusses the alphabet soup of Wi-Fi standards, so-called 'Super G' dual channel bonding that allows two of 11 channels to act as one (and the interference problems that ensue), and the multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) method 'using multiple antennas to break a single, high-rate signal into several lower-rate signals' that could be a solution. Pushing Wi-Fi's Limits, Part Two focuses on repeaters, Wi-Fi mesh networks, WiMax and a company called BelAir Networks that has deployed several Wi-Fi mesh networks."

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  1. A netgear by Zorilla · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hey look! A netgear Wireless router sitting right there. I can make a first post without getting my IP ba...[Wireless Signal: Weak]..........[Wireless Signal: Good].......

    crap! Failed it!

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    It would be cool if it didn't suck.
    1. Re:A netgear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Obviously this individual is paid by Linksys to bash Netgear wireless routers. Don't fall for the propaganda! You know, the "[Wireless Signal: Weak]" stuff is faked--he just typed it in!

      This is the last time I buy a Linksys router or any other Cisco product, for that ma

  2. Re:Problems on a more fundamental level by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can sit in a college library and browse people's laptops as if they are on a trusted network.

    Cool!
    So, what kind of MP3 collection does the average college student have on their laptop these days? This "library" you speak of sounds like iTunes, but without the credit-card part!

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  3. Wi Fi meshes help protect file sharers by microbrewer · · Score: 2, Funny
    The good thing about mesh networks and leaving things unsecured is that you can fileshare without much worry from the RIAA becuse you can always claim that it wasnt you downloading from a IP it was someone hooking into your wireless router .Justin Frankel the godfather of distributed P2P file sharing has also sugested that it should be done on his own blog .
    May 19, 2004 I've been saying this for a long time, well over a year now: http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/05/18/safe_ and_insecure/index.html
  4. Will Smith? by darkain · · Score: 1, Funny

    I just hope that BelAir isn'r ran by The Fresh Prince of BelAir