802.11n Spec Still In The Air

Vitaly Friedman writes "Standards for the hotly anticipated Wi-Fi successor haven't yet been agreed upon. Where's that leave all those early-bird products? 802.11n is a highly anticipated successor to today's Wi-Fi, promising a huge performance boost. The draft spec promises to deliver data rates up to 180 Mbps, which could make wired home networks unnecessary and should allow high-definition wireless video streaming. At issue is whether the draft spec is far enough along that companies can make products that will provide that performance but still be compatible with each other and with older Wi-Fi equipment."

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Re:802.11 cannot replace home networks

[bilbravo]

I agree, but mainly my agreement is on one point... security.

Now I don't have super secret data travelling over my local network, but still... I know who can access my local network, particularly if it's not hooked to the internet--only the machines physically wired into it.

I don't think wireless will ever place my wired network. Desktop machines will probably always have a wire hooking them into my network.