Wireless Pre-N, the new thing?

[bs_texas]

Just saw this today:

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=202570&pcount=&Product_Id=184316

Advantages
• 800% greater coverage than standard 802.11g - Belkin Pre-N provides the industry's best wireless coverage, extending your range with improved reliability and fewer drops.
• 600% greater speeds than standard 802.11g - Belkin Pre-N provides the industry's fastest wireless connection for gaming, streaming video, Voice over IP, and moving large files efficiently and quickly between all the devices in your networked home.

etc....

[Icarus]

I think I mentioned this a couple months ago and people called me crazy, well who's laughing now!! aaAAHAHAH :p

Anyway, lets get this to /dev/random as it's more of a discussion and lot looking for help ;)

[bs_texas]

No problemo...

Technology needs to slow down....
.... or I need a raise.

They say it's not available yet, but it's just a matter of time I reckon, since they do have pricing listed.

[bwkaz]

And it even comes with a popup blocker! Well, for 6 months anyway. :rolleyes:

Anyway, I'm thinking this is like D-Link's "108Mbps" access points. Sure, they support double the rate of 802.11g, but they use twice as much of the radio band in the process. Plus it only works with certain D-Link wireless cards (nothing from any other manufacturer, even if the card says it supports that manufacturer's version of 108Mbps wireless), which means it's not an IEEE standard.

This Belkin thing has all the earmarks of a similar arrangement...