Pre-802.11n Offers 4x the Speed

An anonymous reader writes "Belkin said on Monday that they'll be releasing a wireless network card and router that uses pre-802.11n multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology created by Airgo Networks. Belkin said the new pre-n products will provide four times faster speed and coverage area than 802.11b and g products. The new products will also be compatible with older products and in fact will increase performance on those older products."

Comments

Great

[myz24]

I just upgraded to g!

Maybe It Means Something

[shadowcabbit]

OK, so we have 802.11b, 802.11n, and 802.11g. Is there an 802.11o? Because that would be interesting, seeing a wireless router advertise itself as being "802.11b/o/n/g Compatible!"

Oh, and I would have titled this "First Pot", but that would just be low-class.

Re:Maybe It Means Something

[GuidoZ]

There really should be an 802.11o, seeing as once 802.11i comes out, we can finally finish 802.11bingo!

And move on to 802.11yahtzee

Re:Maybe It Means Something

[MarsDefenseMinister]

Nah, this makes it easier to talk to your bong even when you aren't high.

Math?

[RAMMS EIN]

4 times faster than b and g? How do they do that, given that g is 5 times faster than b? Hopefully they don't reduce the speeds of them all to 0...

Wow!

[dhoonlee]

How many pringles cans does this come with?

4x the coverage = 1/2 the wardriving!

[Jtheletter]

Woohoo! Finally, now I don't have to sit in my car in front of my neighbor's house, I can just leech their connexon from my living room!