Pre-802.11n Offers 4x the Speed 214
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."
So? (Score:3, Insightful)
new pre-n products (Score:5, Insightful)
n>[bg] (Score:4, Insightful)
Belkin said the new pre-n products will provide four times faster speed and coverage area than 802.11b and g products.
Faster!?
More coverage area!?
Then, how much power does it typically take to run an 802.11n card compared to the established alternatives?
Non line of sight? (Score:1, Insightful)
must have more speed (Score:5, Insightful)
Now, it seems, people are going to be rushing to these new "standards". Sure, if you're going to be transfering a lot of large files around your internal network, perhaps while you stream real time video to your "entertainment center", then you might justify the extra cost and being on the bleeding edge; but most users just think in terms of "I want the newer faster stuff" or simply "I want the good stuff" and they will end up paying a lot more now for the technology they never use than they would if they just waited until the standrds were worked out, the products came down in price, and the connection to the rest of the Internet caught up in speed to justify the choice.
Re:Multiple signals? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:complex, doable, but who needs it? (Score:3, Insightful)
anyone who moves files larger than couple of ten megs(like moving a gig of raw pictures from computer to computer). doing that you'll start lusting after 1gbit real quick..
Re:complex, doable, but who needs it? (Score:5, Insightful)
Think of it this way, with only a little cable-pulling effort in your home (an investment) you are adding oodles of bandwidth. And if you need more, pull more cable. But you're only (generally) going to get 1 virtual 11mps "cable". Once you use that all up, its gone. So, when your wireless MP3 stereo component, and the 2 tivos, 2 game consoles, your computer, your wife's computer, your children's computer are all on wireless, not to mention the laptop and the ipaq, and you newly installed VoIP phones are all one wireless... you'll be wondering why you ever thought it so great.
My own rule of thumb: Use wireless sparingly, like the limited resource it is.
Re:Great (Score:3, Insightful)
Are you on crack? (Score:2, Insightful)
The truth is that even the 802.11b connection is faster than high speed brodband to the home, so there is no real gain in using 802.11g.
No real gain?
How about sharing files between computers? How about being able to buy a $200 gadget at your nearest electronics store that hooks up to your TV and lets you stream movies over the wireless?
Home networking is here to stay. I know people who don't have two clues about computers, yet they have home networks and like to transfer files quickly. And the faster the protocol's bandwidth is, the more you will have per shared node if you have multiple wireless devices in the house.
Think outside the internet box.