I'm trying a find a good source of information reguarding 802.11 protocols (strengths, weaknesses, etc) I found a few sites but im wondering if you guys know of any other.

thanks.

5/2/2007 3:13:11 PM

how technical do you want?

5/2/2007 3:14:34 PM

technical is good.

5/2/2007 3:15:12 PM

how technical can you get?

5/2/2007 3:15:28 PM

well, there's ieee.org

you can read the standards themselves.

5/2/2007 5:22:50 PM

a - dead crap
b - old, slow(11mbps), dont get
g - works with b, faster(54mbps), current standard
n - not yet finalized(?), fasterest. pre-n stuff may get fucked if they change it before its finalized.

5/2/2007 5:55:03 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11

5/2/2007 6:05:29 PM

A if you feel jumpy. Just as fast as G and a little more secure by the means of inconvenience. You should be able to pick it up extremely cheap as well.

5/2/2007 10:38:21 PM

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"a - dead crap"

what do you mean?

5/4/2007 2:30:19 PM

no one uses it, it is dead and crap because it had shitty range.

5/4/2007 3:16:57 PM

One thing with A,*most* war drivers don't scan on A.

Its the 5Ghz band as opposed to the 2.4 Ghz, if range isn't important and you don't plan on using WiFi hot spots, thats the way to go.

Of course, most of your consumer devices are B/G.

Now, if you want cutting edge thats available, get something draft N certified.

Certified Draft N devices WILL work with certified N devices, even if the draft standard and final standard are different. Per Wi-Fi alliance.


And for best performance and convience for the money, get G. Everything will work, (consumer devices, etc)

[Edited on May 5, 2007 at 8:44 AM. Reason : ]

5/5/2007 8:43:47 AM