Saturday, April 20, 2002
U.S. Robotics Doubles Wi-Fi Speeds
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 09:56 AM
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,94506,tk,dn041602X,00.asp
This is excellent news! Better range, more speed, nearly the same price - and backwards compatible with current 802.11b standards. I think I'm love...
"U.S. Robotics (USR) has boosted the speed of its latest range of wireless LAN products for small businesses to 22 megabits per second, while retaining compatibility with existing 2.4-GHz systems built to the IEEE 802.11b standard, the company has announced.
USR's 22-mbps products will all be available in June, the company said. The 22-mbps Wireless Access Point will have a suggested retail price of $200; the 22-mbps Wireless Access PC Card, $100; and the 22-mbps Wireless Access PCI Adapter Card, $120.
That's a premium of about $20 over the 11-mbps cards already on the market, acknowledges Juan Lopez, USR's networking product line manager. In some cases, the price is the same for an 11-mbps card, but "you're not only getting faster speed, you're getting a stronger radio, better range," he said."
...Older gear can still benefit from some of the other performance improvements offered by the new range. Thanks to a more powerful radio and some other tweaks, the new products offer 30 percent greater linear range, or about 70 percent better area coverage, than existing systems, Lopez said." Source: Chris Edwards.
This is excellent news! Better range, more speed, nearly the same price - and backwards compatible with current 802.11b standards. I think I'm love...
"U.S. Robotics (USR) has boosted the speed of its latest range of wireless LAN products for small businesses to 22 megabits per second, while retaining compatibility with existing 2.4-GHz systems built to the IEEE 802.11b standard, the company has announced.
USR's 22-mbps products will all be available in June, the company said. The 22-mbps Wireless Access Point will have a suggested retail price of $200; the 22-mbps Wireless Access PC Card, $100; and the 22-mbps Wireless Access PCI Adapter Card, $120.
That's a premium of about $20 over the 11-mbps cards already on the market, acknowledges Juan Lopez, USR's networking product line manager. In some cases, the price is the same for an 11-mbps card, but "you're not only getting faster speed, you're getting a stronger radio, better range," he said."
...Older gear can still benefit from some of the other performance improvements offered by the new range. Thanks to a more powerful radio and some other tweaks, the new products offer 30 percent greater linear range, or about 70 percent better area coverage, than existing systems, Lopez said." Source: Chris Edwards.
