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From: Dexter Lives On	10/26/2006 12:35:49 PM
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Networking Notes: 802.11nuh-Uh By Michael Hall If I told you I wanted to sell you a DVD player that wasn't guaranteed to play store-bought movies in color after Christmas, would you buy it? How about a wireless network card I can't guarantee will operate at full speed with other vendors' access points in six months? Even for the computing industry, which is notorious for putting the burden of ensuring compatibility on its customers, wireless networking has been something of a basket case over the years, with vendors introducing everything from proprietary equipment to not-quite-standard standards. In the aisles of computer stores everywhere, a clerk's lecture on the difference between megahertz and megabytes has been replaced by a guided tour of the intricacies involved in choosing between 802.11b, g, a or something a third-tier vendor cobbled together hoping to strike it rich on customer ignorance. Some industry fiddling has been innocuous. "Speed boosted" access points that at least stick to the base standards have been a common sight in the last few years. While vendors have been happy to nudge users toward buying a top-to-bottom, NIC-to-WAP bundle, they've left the door open for hardware from other companies to work at the base specs for a standard. With 802.11n, though, things aren't looking so certain as the companies selling to SOHO buyers have decided the imperatives of their product cycles trump the long-term benefit of their customers, who they're busy turning into beta testers. .... wi-fiplanet.com TM

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