NEC's goes 802.11n Draft 2.0 with Aterm WR8400N router / PCMCIA card

Last fall, NEC took its WARPSTAR lineup into the realm of draft-N with the Aterm WR8200N, and thanks to all this Draft 2.0 hubbub that's going around, apparently it figured now would be a good time to hop on the next bandwagon. The Aterm WR8400N four-port router and Aterm WL300NC PCMCIA card both tout theoretical transfer rates of around 300Mbps, are backwards compatible with 802.11a/b/g devices, support "Multi SSID" / WEP / WAP protocols, and can automatically detect and connect to signals in both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. No word just yet on price nor availability, but we're sure it'll get lost in the crowd of similar alternatives before too long anyway.

[Via Impress]

[Big @ May 23rd 2007 3:56PM]

#1 When will Xbox 360 get a Wireless N adapter?

#2 PS3 should have included a 802.11n wifi BUT, unlike 360, PS3's adapter was built into both systems so I can excuse that omission of it.

#3 I'm going to wait until I go to China for the Olympics in 2008 to pick one of these 802.11n systems up. Over there, you can get the router, the pcmcia card, a PCI desktop card and a USB adapter for less than $100

[T Webb @ May 23rd 2007 4:24PM]

The reason 802.11n wasn't implemented for the 360 & PS3 was due to the fact that 802.11n wasn't/isn't standardized. The n devices out now aren't guaranteed to be compatible w/ future n devices due to a standard not being in place at the time.

[Big @ May 23rd 2007 4:31PM]

good answer!

[Dave @ May 23rd 2007 9:23PM]

PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

[FXi @ May 23rd 2007 10:28PM]

Only mediocre news without knowing what chipset powers it.