>>Additionally, Apple has been able to maintain ranges of 175 feet with >>802.11g
This standard does not exist yet. There are no chipsets. The ratification is probably six months away. I've been talking to chipmakers recently, and there's a clear indication that anything that's out there now that claims to be 802.11g is fiction. Mac OS Rumors has been flogging an 802.11g rumor for several months, every few months, and each time I write them and explain a) what 802.11g is (they get it wrong most times) and b) why it isn't here yet. I'd love to hear contradictions, but I don't believe we'll see final chipsets until fall, at least, and only from chipmakers who aren't worried that last minute changes (of which many have already occurred) would force expensive changes. Coupled with 802.11g are the e, h, and i committees. 802.11h was specifically designed to make 802.11a compatible with European regulations. But all the standards are steaming towards ratification by around spring 2003. I expect that 802.11g won't start shipping until the security issue has been solved, but i've been wrong before. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Glenn Fleishman, Unsolicited Pundit: read my work at http://glennf.com freelance journalist - New York Times, Macworld mag, O'Reilly Networks Practical Mac columnist, Seattle Times http://seattletimes.com/ptech/ interested in wireless 802.11b networking? http://80211b.weblogger.com I live in Seattle, WA. I write about technology http://blog.glennf.com -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
