Saturday, March 8, 2003
Linksys Releases Dual-Band WiFi Card
Posted by Janak Parekh in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 04:00 AM
"Wireless networking company Linksys on Wednesday released a PC card that supports two nascent Wi-Fi standards. Linksys's Wireless Dual Band A+G Wireless PC Card for notebook computers supports not only 802.11b--the prevailing IEEE standard for wireless networking--but its newer cousins 802.11a, which sacrifices bandwidth for range, and 802.11g, which is supposed to be backward-compatible with 802.11b."
How long do you think it'll be before we see these everywhere? Having dual-mode cards could be a convenient solution to the whither-a-or-g problem -- both technologies have their use in improving WLAN bandwidth. What I'd really like to see is a Pocket PC integrated with a/b/g capabilities. Oh, while we're at it, I'd also like Bluetooth, GSM/GPRS, and CDMA/1xRTT. I'll finally be happy then. ;)
How long do you think it'll be before we see these everywhere? Having dual-mode cards could be a convenient solution to the whither-a-or-g problem -- both technologies have their use in improving WLAN bandwidth. What I'd really like to see is a Pocket PC integrated with a/b/g capabilities. Oh, while we're at it, I'd also like Bluetooth, GSM/GPRS, and CDMA/1xRTT. I'll finally be happy then. ;)
