RSSD-Link Upgrades 802.11n Hardware
By the Betanews Staff | Published May 9, 2007, 2:02 PM
Although networking companies have for a year been selling 802.11n branded gear, which promises much faster speeds and less interference at longer distances, the standard is not yet set in stone. Thus, companies are now rolling out updates based on the 2.0 draft of the standard.
D-Link is the first to release firmware upgrades to its customers in order to bring the hardware up to the latest specification. In addition, the company has obtained certification for compatibility with Intel's Centrino systems with Wireless-N networking. Changes primarily related to protection of the legacy devices, as 802.11n has the capability to cause problems with 802.11g, b and a hardware.
I think 802.11n is pretty unnessesary to most people .. They say you can get 200 mbps speed, however 99.9% of the country doesn't pass 30mbps. Im wired with one of the best ISP's in the country (Optimum Online w/ Speed Boost) and get about 25-28 mbps (28000kps). This means Wireless G is still about to go 2x that speed. Isnt that a bit overkill for the average home, laptop or starbucks hotspot? From what I See, if you were to put a wireless N router/connection and used a wireless N adapter you would go no faster then if you used G almost anywhere.
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|Internal transfers. Its necessary if you have HD content on a fileserver on your own network. You need at lest 20mbps bandwidth to do that and on G you dont get that unless you are within 15 feet of the router. N takes care of that.
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|Not trying to offend you, but there's one thing called "LAN" ;) I assume you just forgot it for a second.
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|I hope Linksys releases their updates soon for the WRT350N... Not to mention a 64bit driver for the WMP300N... The chip vendor released the driver, but Linksys won't sign off on it, so I don't know when my card would support the new specs...
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