802.11 was originally ratified in 1997. It was updated in 1999.
On Thursday, October 17, 2002, at 03:46 AM, Jacques Caron wrote:
Nope, 802.11, 802.11a and 802.11b were all three ratified in 1999. You might be thinking about 802.1X which was ratified in 2001, maybe? Or the WECA certification for 802.11a which was just introduced a few days ago (they were waiting for multiple implementations to be on the market to test against each other).
Jacques.
At 11:39 17/10/2002, evilbunny wrote:
Hello Jim,
If i remember correctly 802.11a was only ratified earlier this
year/late last year... 802.11b has been ratified for a few years
now...
The task groups may have been founded in that order, that I'm not sure
about...
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Thursday, October 17, 2002, 4:45:50 PM, you wrote:
JT> Actually, 802.11a and 802.11b were ratified at the same time (Sept
JT> 1999), so
JT> its not actually true that 802.11a is a follow-on to 802.11b. 802.11g
JT> is a follow-on
JT> to 802.11b.
JT> On Wednesday, October 16, 2002, at 05:00 PM, Klotz, Leigh wrote:
>> Whaddya expect from the people who bought us 802.11a, the follow-on to
>> 802.11b ;-)?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jack Grimes [mailto:jgrimes@;grimesonline.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 2:20 PM
>> To: Wireless List List
>> Subject: [BAWUG] The "Wi-Fi5" designation is history
>>
>>
>> "WiFi5" is Dead ; Long Live WiFi
>>
>> Wi-Fi5 designation was expected to be the moniker, the Wi-Fi Alliance
>> planned to give any wireless networking product it certified that used
>> the
>> 802.11a standard.
>>
>> But a week ago, the alliance - -an association of companies that
>> certifies
>> whether wireless local area networking products meet Institute of
>> Electrical
>> and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) standards--scrapped those plans. It
>> instead
>> decided to call the new products "Wi-Fi," the same name it gives
>> certified
>> equipment based on the 802.11b standard, said Wi-Fi Alliance President
>> Dennis Eaton.
>>
>> "A single brand name for both products will reduce confusion and help
>> consumers with their buying decision," Eaton said.
>>
>> Those who got an early glimpse of the Wi-Fi5 name on certification
>> labels
>> didn't get it, Eaton said. It left them wondering, "what happened to
>> WiFi2,
>> WiF3 and Wi-Fi4," Eaton said. But those technologies don't exist. The
>> "5" in
>> Wi-Fi5 referred to the 5GHz radio frequency that 802.11a uses.
>>
>>
>>
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