We all know about wireless; we have all seen wireless access points and routers. They all look about the same with a few minor aesthetic differences. However, they do not have to look the same as we ...

Wireless networking using the 802.11 standard, also known by its trade name, Wi-Fi, has become common in the home and has a significant and growing role in corporate settings. But the existing ...

But here's the rub: The 802.11n standard is still in draft form. A final standard isn't likely to be released by the IEEE until 2007 at the earliest. Even the second draft of the standard, which will ...

As wireless protocols go, 802.11n is everything an IT admin could want. The newest flavor in the alphabet soup that is Wi-Fi, "n" carries data faster and farther than its predecessors and is perfectly ...

As a proposed wireless standard for high-throughput enhancements, 802.11n has been viewed primarily as a consumer technology. However, 802.11n has key applications applicable to the enterprise and is ...

LG-Ericsson's WBR-5050 Wireless 802.11n Dual-Band Broadband Router ($95, street) is a plain-looking router, and one that comes without a lot of extra features like USB ports, or NAS functionality. It ...

At the heart of this new wireless system is the 802.11n radio, which is responsible for transmitting and receiving all of the information shared between devices. To make 802.11n work, this radio must ...

The MacWorld keynotes given this past January will probably go down in history for the announcement of the iPhone, but lost in the signal of that announcement was the launch of a very important ...

The next generation wireless network technology has finally been approved today by the IEEE who ratifies new wireless standards. Even though it has been in "draft" in devices for years, the final ...

Illustration: Mick Wiggins What a difference a couple of years makes. In our first roundup of draft-802.11n Wi-Fi routers (see “Wireless Routers: The Truth About Superfast Draft-N“), we found so many ...