dsdreamer wrote: > The ability of .11n to work reliably over long distances and use > spatial diversity to overcome interference is a very material point.
or more properly, the potential of 11n to do things like use the 5gHz band in addition to 2.4gHz, and the ability to bond two channels for redundancy is a great thing in some cases. > Consider how many posts have been made to this forum on issues of > drop-outs and stuttering that turned out to be wireless related. Which is why I ran Cat5 cable though the walls. Wifi is a great convenience, but its not reliable enough on its own > These days, the best standardized technology for that would be > dual-band 802.11n with at least 2 spatial streams, even though it is > extreme overkill in terms of bandwidth for audio applications. > A final point on market adoption: 802.11n represented more than 19 > percent of all WLAN access point shipments in the first three quarters > of 2009. But a lot of those 11n routers sold can't do the cool stuff. Only some do 5gHz, only a subset of those do bonding between 2.4gHz and 5gHz, etc. What people really want is to have WiFi be flawless. Which is a great goal. And in a few years, when all the chips do both bands, bonding, etc for $0.05 each, it will be part of the product line for Logitech and everyone else. > Those early adopter geeks seem to have quite some purchasing > power... Geeks use having the latest and greatest as a proxy for another measurement. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
