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Wifi n certified - products exist yet?
Deusfaux
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Even the recently released Mircrosoft wireless network adapater for the 360 is "draft n" - although it came out a while after the 802.11n standard was finalized.
are you guys seeing "certified n" firmwares appearing on manufacturer's websites? seen any certified n products?
are you guys seeing "certified n" firmwares appearing on manufacturer's websites? seen any certified n products?
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the difference between "draft n" and "actual n" from anything released this year is the label on the gear. just politics.
I will say I avoided N products for YEARS (bought one this year) because I thought it was ridiculous all these companies were going on a draft standard, and the first few years some didn't even play nice with each other..
The Wi-Fi alliance page lists certified devices. Anything certified this fall, yeah, it'll probably handle n (both at 2.4 and 5 gHz) as it's supposed to. Anything certified a few years back... buyer beware. I wouldn't jump on the bandwagon for intentionally buying to go to n until next spring at the earliest. A bunch of devices are listed as receiving certification around the end of october, or in early november, which reeks even if they did actually do the testing...
Supporting 5 ghz isn't required by the standard and there is nothing wrong with the vast majority of draft n devices assuming you upgrade the firmware.