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Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity - 802.11
Date Posted: 3 August, 2009 | Views: 624 | Article ID: 106

This is the term used to describe most local and wide area broadband wireless networks. These typically operate using the 802.11 specification(s), for example (note the different speeds):

802.11a (1/2Mbps)
802.11b (11/22Mbps)
802.11g (54Mbps)
802.11n (100Mbps > 1Gbps)

Most initial 802.11n (Draft 1.0 / 2.0) kit appears to be touting speeds of around 300Mbps.

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