The 802.11a standard was expected to begin taking the wireless LAN market by storm this year. Instead, its rollout has fizzled, despite the fivefold data rate increase 802.11a offers over its ...

Network Associates is the latest major firm to sway its attention toward the 802.11a wireless networking standard, widely heralded as the successor to 802.11b, which Apple currently has used for 3 ...

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Wireless LANs running at 54 megabits per second (mbps) could be available in the UK within six months, although politics could delay it till the end of 2002. The collapse of the rival HiperLAN ...

I hear it all the time: “802.11g gives you the same throughput as 802.11a, so there is no reason to upgrade to 11a hardware.” But that statement doesn’t take into account a fundamental advantage of ...

We don’t believe that 802.11a will prove analogous to Betamax. The 802.11a radio spec provides a number of advantages over 802.11b for businesses, which more time and usage will make obvious. At first ...

Wireless networks are taking the business and consumer worlds by storm, but incompatibilities between emerging standards still cause uneasiness in some users and network administrators looking to make ...

If your wireless LAN applications require high performance, then you’re probably facing a decision on whether to use 802.11a or wait for 802.11g. Before making the choice, you need to fully understand ...

Let's face it”wires are so yesterday. Enter an electronics store or read a trade magazine and 802.11 wireless connectivity is likely to be featured. Seeking higher throughput and less crowded spectrum ...

The most common types of wireless LANs today support the 802.11b standard. Although faster 802.11a equipment has been available for some time, vendors of enterprise-class WLAN equipment — with more ...

In the morass of wireless goings-on, how can you make sure your investments are sound and future-proof? With new suppliers, architectures and standards continually emerging, it’s no wonder a recent ...

COMMENTARY -- The recent fight between the University of Texas and its students on the 2.4 GHz battle field may be over, but competition for the limited spectrum used by two wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) ...