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(Post a comment) » ASUS 802.11G Wireless Networking Quick TakeWith speeds increasing and prices falling, wireless networking is quickly beginning to take off. In this article, Alexis takes a look at ASUS' latest 802.11G wireless networking parts, the WL-500G access point and WL-100G PC card. ASUS has added a few extra features on their 802.11G parts, the access point in particular has an integrated print server and webcam server. Alexis also provides quick throughput testing between 802.11b versus 802.11g. See what he thought of these parts in today's article! |  Previous news article | Back to main news | Next news article  |
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Anonymous at 01:58pm 05/24/2004
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11a works at 5.2GHz not 5.8
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Anonymous at 02:36am 05/22/2004
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Ive had no problems with .11b with three computers connected to the
ADSL (512) and a KISS box streaming films (1000 ish bitrates on
majority of films) so g should be much more than I need.
I just compare .11b like the old ethernet (I still have my
terminater & T piece monsters in the office) with the bonus that
it stops people falling over the cables.
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Anonymous at 11:22pm 05/19/2004
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#5 and #12 here again :)
Well, at least we can rest assured that whatever 802 number and
letter combo they finally land on, that wireless will still remain
the golden standard of difficulty in networking.
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GX-The Romero at 09:48pm 05/19/2004
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I read somewhere that 802.11n is going to be the next standard which
will.... standardize these hacky attempts at 108Mbps WiFi that you
see available from netgear and Dlink.
The standarized version is supposed to yield real-world bandwidth
performance a lot closer to the theoretical 108 Mbps spec as
compared to the current 108 Mbps offerings. I think it was
something like 70 Mbps.
If I can remember where I read that I'll post a link.
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Anonymous at 11:48pm 05/18/2004
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Thanx for making multiple comments on the wireless protocols. I
found it to be very informative and usefull.
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Anonymous at 05:53pm 05/19/2004
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Im poster number 5 here, again.
If you were talking to me about the "magically gain
distance", I would like to point out these few facts:
I didnt mention gaining any power, I said we tuned the power output
down so as not to go further.
And also to point out hat youre wrong about the distance gain on
antennas. Case in point, we replaced the standard omni-directional
antennas on our Cisco AP's with high db gain antenna's (passive, not
active) and we actually were able to go further, with a range of
about 60^3 (thats cubed) feet, with more signal strength reaching
further areas.
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n3bruin at 08:03pm 05/18/2004
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Opps forgot to add one thing, losses are porportional to the power
that the AP is putting out, so if you had a really powerful AP
(nothing in the consumer market even comes close to this though)
then you would need to worry about a lower loss antenna. In the same
way you don't have to worry about the voltage drop on a CAT5 cable
since the power is so low. Unless you are running a long distance
therefore increasing the resistance.
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n3bruin at 07:59pm 05/18/2004
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Sorry I was a bit harsher than I meant to be, but at the same time
an antenna is nothing more than a good conductor. Therefore unless
they are using a really crappy conductor with high losses you won't
see any gain. I did not mean that using a direction antenna was bad,
infact unless you really need omni, directional makes infinetly more
sense, it is (slightly) more secure since you have to be with in
it's direction plus you don't waste power. You might want to point
out that in any future articles the difference between a passive and
an active antenna. If you are using a passive antenna (again
assuming that the existing antenna doesn't has high losses) you will
gain squat (again asuming unidirectional vs unidirectional). An
active antenna there are true gains. On a side note, I was referring
to the AP antennas and from the ones I've seen and the losses they
face, you will not gain anything from going to a lower loss (or
higher gain, which ever you prefer to call it) antenna.
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GX-Alan at 07:43pm 05/18/2004
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#3, with regard to security, #5 understands it better than you.
Nothing is 100% secure, but the typical home user does not need 100%
security.
Take for example your home. To secure your home when you're away,
you lock your doors and close your windows. If you want the extra
protection, you probably have an home alarm system to add deterrent.
Glass windows are very to break into. By your rationale, we should
all have metal bars over our windows or even better have a facade
that makes our homes look like abandoned warehouses. The reality is
that if you need additional security, you don't keep your stuff at
home, you keep it in a safety deposit box.
That's the same idea with technology. The point is you ONLY NEED to
deter hackers -- they're not going to waste the time to hack into
your PC. If it's the CIA that's after you and
they'll be giving 100% effort, I bet your physical security isn't
going to stand up.
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GX-Alan at 07:43pm 05/18/2004
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You have to remember that manufacturers don't include
"optimal" antennas. The built-in antenna from Asus is
already a significant step up from the standard flat antenna used by
most PC Cards. By your rationale, other companies would be giddy.
That's not true because for most people, antenna performance isn't a
major selling point and it costs the company extra money. They just
make sure the antenna is good enough and meets
usability/manufacturing criteria. If you want to be cynical and
figure out why Prism 802.11b chipsets were so much worse than their
Orinoco peers, think about how much more money companies make by
selling enough access points/repeaters to provide appropriate
coverage. All that said, there's nothing wrong with using a 2.4GHz
tuned directional Yagi or pre-amp for your WiFi connection...
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