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."
Multiple signals? (Score:5, Interesting)
wireless vs wire (Score:5, Interesting)
When I can wirelessly play my PS2 and download torrents at the same time, I'll be in heaven. As much as I love wireless, I think we are far from the reliability and connectivity of a hard wire.
Wireless-G (Score:5, Interesting)
And why would I buy from Belkin? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:new pre-n products (Score:5, Interesting)
The damn thing won't hold a configuration for crap, reboots like a windows machine, and otherwise is about the most unpleasant networking product I've owned since the 3Com 503 (I think that was the model #, might have been 501). Fortunately I had a cheap netgear 54g router on the shelf, plugged it in and all was well, except for sustained connectivity. Seems there's lots of interference in my neighborhood (about 12 networks show up, maybe I should just use one of them? :)
ah, let the consumer trickery begin (Score:5, Interesting)
Yup, but the box will say "4X FASTER! Also speeds up 802.11b and g networks!" Consumers will think, "hey, it'll speed up my 802.11b network by 4x! Yeah!"
Corporations need to learn to write clear, concise blurbs for their packaging, so customers don't feel ripped off or mislead (and never buy their products again as a result).
Re:Multiple signals? (Score:2, Interesting)
I'm supprised I can opperate the microwave while being online.
Re:So? (Score:3, Interesting)
Security can be handled on the end-systems (install SP2 :), iptables, etc).
Range isn't so easy in real-world (obstructed) environments.
complex, doable, but who needs it? (Score:3, Interesting)
Who really needs 100 mbit in their home? I can see some corporation in a union bound town like St. Louis wanting to replace current wired LAN deploy costs with simple wireless gear, but the 802.11b device I've connected through to write this provides 5x the speed I need in a worst case scenario
Re:Math? (Score:2, Interesting)