Atheros developed the 802.11n silicon used in my Apple router and AppleTV, whereas Broadcom is the wireless IC supplier for my Dell XPS M1330 along with my Apple MacBook and MacBook Air. I spoke with ...

It has been widely reported that 802.11n, the wireless LAN IEEE draft standard that uses multiple input/multiple output technology to boost Wi-Fi speeds to over 100Mbps, is “backward compatible” with ...

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The antennas used by wireless devices have a major impact on WLAN coverage, security and performance. This becomes increasingly evident in new draft 802.11n access points (APs), which use multiple ...

With many routers now transmitting Wi-Fi signals using the 802.11n standard (including all of Apple's current router offerings), some users may find that they are unable to take advantage of the ...

The MacWorld keynotes given this past January will probably go down in history for the announcement of the iPhone, but lost in the signal of that announcement was the launch of a very important ...

Dazzling users with specification sheets is nothing new: screen sizes, resolutions, megapixels, memory sizes and processor speeds are just a few, but one of the most neglected and important is WiFi ...

But because 802.11n needs two channels to operate at full speed but can't because of legacy device considerations, 802.11n is capped at approximately half of its actual potential. Note: Japan allows ...

Illustration: Mick Wiggins What a difference a couple of years makes. In our first roundup of draft-802.11n Wi-Fi routers (see “Wireless Routers: The Truth About Superfast Draft-N“), we found so many ...