Re: [PLUG] wireless router

["William H. Magill" <magill@mcgillsociety.org>]

On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 07:35  PM, Paul wrote:
> The Cantenna is cool!

It's for point to point operation. But otherwise, definitely a neat 
idea.

> What is 802.11g?  11b is the standard, right?  Does 11a actually come 
> after 11b?  What other 11s are there?
>
> jon wrote:
>
> > Is that truly a standard now? I was under the impression that there 
> > were
> > competing 802.11g protocols out there, but I might be confused.

I believe 802.11g was finalized around Thanksgiving 2002. Balloting is 
currently underway. Formal standardization expected in June 2003.

11a did become a standard after 11b was approved.

11b and 11g are compatible (2.4ghz). 11a is not (5ghz).

11a and 11g both operate at 54meg but in different frequency bands.

All 802.11x equipment is "compatible" -- Apple's AirPort gear was based 
on the same Lucent (now Orinco) cards that everybody else who was 
"first to market" used; there was no competition for about 6-9 months. 
I don't know yet who is manufacturing Apple's 11g cards. (I do know 
that Apple is OEMing them just as they did with the first 11b cards.)

Aeronet was the first competitor to Lucent with a card on the market. 
(Later purchased by cisco.) I believe that Compaq and Lynksys came to 
market with their own cards about a year after Apple began marketing 
the Lucent cards.


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