Friday, September 19, 2003
WiFi Range Grows To 1KM
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 05:00 AM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/69/32817.html
"WLAN chipset maker Atheros today promised to eliminate zero-connection zones from homes and offices - and to provide radically extended range on public Wi-Fi hotspots - courtesy of its fourth-generation dual-band 802.11a/g product. The upshot, he said, is that the dead spots encountered inside many buildings - where 802.11a, b or g signals are unable to penetrate the structure sufficiently strongly to maintain a connection. For locations with good line of sight, XR provides around three times the range of rival solutions."
The speed drops off the farther away you are from the access point, but that is better than a dropped signal.
"WLAN chipset maker Atheros today promised to eliminate zero-connection zones from homes and offices - and to provide radically extended range on public Wi-Fi hotspots - courtesy of its fourth-generation dual-band 802.11a/g product. The upshot, he said, is that the dead spots encountered inside many buildings - where 802.11a, b or g signals are unable to penetrate the structure sufficiently strongly to maintain a connection. For locations with good line of sight, XR provides around three times the range of rival solutions."
The speed drops off the farther away you are from the access point, but that is better than a dropped signal.
