Julian Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 12/16/02 at 12:00 PM wrote: >How long before we start seeing triple standard a/b/g NICs and APs? I >suspect those are the products we really want. Or will g win out and a/b >just fade away? (remembering that all g products should interop with b >products)
I'm going to sound like a smarty-pants, but these will really be dual-band, dual-standard devices. 802.11g incorporates 802.11b backwards compatibility, so an a/g device will do 802.11, 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g (but probably not TI's 802.11b+). So "g" products will interop, but they won't be labeled b except in some marketing sense. The Wi-Fi Alliance will just be labeling these things under their current plans as "2.4 GHz band," but they're going to have to solve b versus g issues for clarity. TI will be shipping in volume in April their a/b/draft g/WPA/draft e/AES chipsets, so we'll certainly see robust equipment before June, but maybe as soon as March or April. -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
