A faster variation on the 802.11b wireless LAN standard seems certain to arrive in the market too late to have any real use. The 802.11g specification may cause little more than confusion as it will ...

Range has been quite a contentious topic in the WLAN sector. Backers of both 802.11a and .11g have been fighting it out, claiming that one technology delivers better range performance than another.

The lack of a final standard hasn’t prevented an early crop of 802.11g wireless LAN products (54M bit/sec, 2.4-GHz frequency) from coming to market. We obtained seven prestandard access points and put ...

The IEEE this week is expected to put its stamp of approval on the proposed 802.11g standard, which boosts data rates on 2.4-GHz wireless LANs from 11M to 54M bit/sec. The IEEE this week is expected ...

If your wireless LAN applications require high performance, then you’re probably facing a decision on whether to use 802.11a or wait for 802.11g. Before making the choice, you need to fully understand ...

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MANHASSET, N.Y. — The IEEE on Thursday (June 12) gave its stamp of approval to two new wireless local- and personal-area networking standards and two corresponding recommended practices. The move is ...

Bandwidth supplier Interoute is rolling out one of Europe’s first high-speed wireless Internet services based on the 802.11g standard. Privately-held Interoute of London has launched in London its ...

Atheros Communications is the first company launching an 802.11a chip solution. The WLAN chip vendor also sells 802.11g and dual-band 802.11a/b/g chipsets. Company president and CEO Craig Barratt ...

With the 3Com OfficeConnect Wireless 11g Access Point, users can access network resources, the Internet, and e-mail at speeds up to 54 Mbps and at distances up to 100 meters (328 feet). That's almost ...

The long-awaited wireless LAN standard, 802.11g, has finally received the stamp of approval from the Standards Board of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Final ratification ...