It's official! 802.11n standard finalized after a mere seven years
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted September 12th 2009 7:01PM
posted September 12th 2009 7:01PM
Remember when the Wi-Fi Alliance finalized the 802.11 draft-n spec some two and a half years ago? Of course you don't -- as long as your media players, laptops, and the like can connect to each other (and to the cloud) without a hiccup you probably don't care about IEEE's paper trail. The standard, which saw no major changes between then and now (meaning that all your draft-n devices should work fine with the finalized standard) theoretically connects at 300Mbps, or about six times the peak speed of 802.11g. But you already know that, since you've been using it for years now. The final standard is set to be published mid-October.
Yeah exactly, whos going to use Wireless n to connect their laptop to their camera...?
Oh..
Um, well. Whos going to want to use the internet from a different floor in their house wirelessly when they could... connect devices, that arnt the internet... with wires?
I'm more interested in wUSB.
Yay, I feel like I came from the future.
sounds messy
lmao! Messy, but an impressive trick for parties. But you'll never see it happen because he came and went before you knew he was there.
Oh, and I don't see any reason to own yet another wireless router, somehow they're multiplying in my closet and I don't feel the need to add N to the pile.
you may not be a fanboy but I can tell by all your "first" comments that you are a jackass.
Seriously, these things have never been so cheap! I keep picking them up as refurbs, I may have an addiction.
I have three in the house and I just gave my biz partner one, so when I'm there, my iPhone will connect faster (EDGE city, here.)
Would people be insulted if I bring them over as gifts? The four hours a week I play poker at a WiFi-less house drives me bonkers...
Finally. My Sony laptop with built in b/g/n draft cannot connect to my Linksys router which also claims to support the same 3 wireless types at n, only b and g. I'm glad to see this thing finally... well, finalized!
wtf is wrong with these people?
I am not sure who you're referring to, but there's a 98% chance I agree with you.
I'll repeat: finally!
It seems that the industry moved forward, even without ratification, but it was always a tad disconcerting that my router/laptop/devices might be rendered incompatible with the final version of the standard.
Yeaaaaah! Finalllyy!!! This should be breaking news!!
I'd ask if they could've taken any longer...but that would probably push the date back a few months, wouldn't it?
Just by mentioning it, I imagine it's been pushed back a week from when they were planning earlier today.
No doubt not helped by:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11n
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CSIRO Patent Issues
In late November 2007, work on the 802.11n standard slowed due to patent issues. The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) holds the patent to a component of the 802.11n standard. This component is also part of 802.11a and 802.11g. The IEEE requested from the CSIRO a Letter of Assurance (LoA) that no lawsuits would be filed for anyone implementing the standard. In Sep 2007, CSIRO responded that they would not be able to comply with this request since litigation was involved.[16]
In April 2009, it was revealed that CSIRO reached a settlement with 14 companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Dell, Toshiba, ASUS, Microsoft and Nintendo, on the condition that CSIRO did not broadcast the resolution.
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Hehe. Go Aussies, go? ;)
about freakin' time 802.11n
This probably won't work with iLife's Faces and Places...
Just ignore... form filler error. =)
I remember working at OfficeMax in 2004 and thinking "what the fuck is 'Pre-802.11n". Now I know.
im sure all the tards shopping at frys who actually listen to the salesman will buy into the hype when the new one gets sold, something along the line of "sir your old hardware uses the draft spec, this is the new fully finalized spec, you need to regrade your current grade to a grade that is greater than your current grade, otherwise your current hardware will explode and your family will die" something along that line..
the sad thing is ill be sitting there looking at products and hear these BS sales lines about how they NEED to get a N router, but conveniently they also need to upgrade all their other hardware to make sure its compatible with their brand new router.
I am not surprised at the delay because I was involved in these "standards" organizations for 15+ years. Our committee never could agree on a common method for determining printer ink/toner yield and another committee on paper products with 300+ members was eventually disbanded because they couldn't agree on the word "recycled."
Standards committees are seeded with representatives from commercial entities who will defend their interests at all costs--hence the long delays in developing "standards."
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/27/nissan-shows-off-latest-electric-car-prototype-with-battery-moni/2#comments
Oh did someone get their feelings hurt? Are you embarrased of your lame "first" comments? Or are you just sad that I wasn't more creative when I only called you a jackass?
What are you, 12? Grow up.