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IEEE Approves 802.11n Wi-Fi Standard

Posted by Soulskill on from the lightning-fast dept.

alphadogg writes "The IEEE has finally approved the 802.11n high-throughput wireless LAN standard. Bruce Kraemer, the long-time chairman of the 802.11n Task Group (part of the 802.11 Working Group, which oversees the WLAN standards), has sent out a notification to a listserv for task group members, which includes a wide range of Wi-Fi chip makers, software developers, and equipment vendors. A press release is available now as well. This process began in 2002."

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  1. Umm... ok, thanks. by NitroWolf · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Gee thanks. Appreciate the timely response, Bruce. I'm glad the 802.11n Task Group was so on this project that they got the 802.11n standard finally approved years after all vendors have already been making products. Yeah, thanks.

    Next time... I don't know... maybe define the standard in a reasonable time frame, not 5 years after the fact.

    1. Re:Umm... ok, thanks. by NitroWolf · · Score: 4, Insightful

      They built the products early because the IEEE was dragging their feet on the final approval. The IEEE defined the standard exceptionally late - that's WHY the vendors built early. You've got the cause and effect totally reversed.

  2. Yipee? by flipper9 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So what? There have been Wireless-N products out now for quite a long time. Who gives a flippin' **** about the official approval of the format? It's not like the manufacturers will go back and update the firmware on the older devices. They'll just put out new products, brand them as "Official Wireless-N", and drop support for older equipment which may or not work as well.

    1. Re:Yipee? by CastrTroy · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Just because something is upgradeable doesn't mean that the vendor will actually release an upgrade in a timely fashion, or at all.

      --

      Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
  3. Re:Breaking Products by owlstead · · Score: 4, Insightful

    FROM THE FUCKING ARTICLE AND A POST ABOVE.

    For those who haven't read until the end of the boring article, let me just put in the last sentence:

    "According to the Alliance, users can expect future Wi-Fi products to be fully compatible with todays products."

    Moderators, wake up and read the actual article before modding anything up.

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