The announcement came without much fanfare, but on Sept. 10 the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) finally ratified the 802.11n standard for wireless products to improve network ...

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 ...

The 802.11n wireless networking protocol has finally become a standard. It's good news for consumers but shows how slow standards bodies move. Dave Rosenberg has more than 15 years of technology and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

802.11n fast Wi-Fi has plenty of speed to offer enterprises but limited range; using 'prosumer' products, you can set up Wi-FI bridging to extend 802.11n coverage farther In companies, wireless ...

The latest draft of the 802.11n wireless LAN standard looks to be enterprise-ready, but many businesses are wary about buying pre-standard equipment It’s faster and has far greater range than current ...

Wi-Fi systems enable products from different manufacturers to work together. This is made possible by international open systems, which no one manufacturer owns. All gain a commercial benefit by ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This story is reprinted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center. Wireless networking using the 802.11 standard, also known by its ...