Pre-802.11n Offers 4x the Speed

An anonymous reader writes "Belkin said on Monday that they'll be releasing a wireless network card and router that uses pre-802.11n multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology created by Airgo Networks. Belkin said the new pre-n products will provide four times faster speed and coverage area than 802.11b and g products. The new products will also be compatible with older products and in fact will increase performance on those older products."

Great

[myz24]

I just upgraded to g!

Re:Great

[Anonymous Coward]

how the *$#% can the first post be redundant?

Maybe It Means Something

[shadowcabbit]

OK, so we have 802.11b, 802.11n, and 802.11g. Is there an 802.11o? Because that would be interesting, seeing a wireless router advertise itself as being "802.11b/o/n/g Compatible!"

Oh, and I would have titled this "First Pot", but that would just be low-class.

Contradiction?

[balaam's ass]

The article contains this statement:
"True MIMO is one of the underlying technologies being considered for 802.11n, a standard in the works for the next generation of Wi-Fi technology. " ...and then it has this quote from Greg Raleigh:
"The immediate performance benefits realized with True MIMO, especially over expanded coverage areas, are why this technology has been chosen to power the upcoming 802.11n high-performance wireless standard. "

Has "True MIMO" already "been chosen" to power 802.11n, or is merely "being considered"?

Re:Maybe It Means Something

[GuidoZ]

There really should be an 802.11o, seeing as once 802.11i comes out, we can finally finish 802.11bingo!

And move on to 802.11yahtzee

Math?

[RAMMS+EIN]

4 times faster than b and g? How do they do that, given that g is 5 times faster than b? Hopefully they don't reduce the speeds of them all to 0...

Wow!

[dhoonlee]

How many pringles cans does this come with?

Re:Multiple signals?

[hawkbug]

I don't know about the amount of interferance, but I'm sure the amount of cancer being caused by these things will increase expontentially ;)

question...

[WormholeFiend]

what are they going to do when they run out of letters after 802.11z?

Re:Maybe It Means Something

[MarsDefenseMinister]

Nah, this makes it easier to talk to your bong even when you aren't high.

Re:Multiple signals?

[darth_MALL]

I have a metal plate in my head. Every time I use the microwave, I piss my pants and forget my name.

4x the coverage = 1/2 the wardriving!

[Jtheletter]

Woohoo! Finally, now I don't have to sit in my car in front of my neighbor's house, I can just leech their connexon from my living room!

Re:Maybe It Means Something

[MoOsEb0y]

or if you added 802.11i to the mix you could have
802.11/b/i/n/g/o

Re:question...

[JudgeFurious]

"802.11z Jaguar"
"802.11z Panther"
"802.11z Tiger"
"802.11z ....."

Until there are no more cool cat names. After that they're pretty well buggered.

Re:Multiple signals?

[NanoGator]

"I have a metal plate in my head. Every time I use the microwave, I piss my pants and forget my name."

I sing folk songs.

4x what?

[Doc Ruby]

"4x the speed" of what? 802.11b's 11Mbps? b+ 22Mbps? a/a+ 55/110Mbps? An unladen african swallow?

C'mon people, where is that joke?

[MonkeyCookie]

I was absolutely certain when I clicked on the comments link that I would immediately see a joke involving downloading 4x the porn over someone else's wireless connection.

I didn't know what else I'd find in the comments, but knowing Slashdot, that joke should have been an absolute certainty.

How disappointing