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    Wireless N!?!? wtf

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by marcopolo, Jun 14, 2006.

  1. marcopolo

    marcopolo Notebook Geek

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    I searched up the forum and couldnt find anything on this. According to futureshop ad its 12x faster and 4x better range. Just thought i mention it before ppl go spending their moneys on wireless G then find out about this later. Sry if everyone already knows about this. I been out of the wireless networking loop for quite some time now

    Linky:
    http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/vendor_linksys/wirelessN.asp?logon=&langid=EN

    btw that wireless N router looks like u could get signal from the moon. Crazy.
     
    marcopolo, Jun 14, 2006
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  2. huskyfan23

    huskyfan23 Notebook Evangelist

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    It flopped.
     
    huskyfan23, Jun 14, 2006
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  3. GardenHose

    GardenHose Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's still in development stages, if i remember correctly they tried producing a bunch of routers against the protests of the developers saying it wasn't ready, but the marketing didn't listen and the whole thing flopped. The problem they're having now i think is that when N comes into contact with G or B networks it knocks the legacy hardware out of commision, some sort of interference problem.
     
    GardenHose, Jun 14, 2006
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  4. masteraleph

    masteraleph Notebook Consultant

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    Right, it's not actually Wireless-N but Pre-N or N1.

    That said, some of the stuff out there (particularly the Belkin Pre-N and N1 routers) do have exceptional throughput and range, but that doesn't have as much to do with their "Pre-N" status as their overal design.
     
    masteraleph, Jun 15, 2006
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  5. firestarter

    firestarter Notebook Evangelist

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    Not to mention Draft-N, stay tuned for more hype to follow. :rolleyes:
     
    firestarter, Jun 15, 2006
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  6. KoOni

    KoOni Notebook Geek

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    There's an article over at Tom's hardware reviewing some of the Pre-N routers here.
     
    KoOni, Jun 16, 2006
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