NetGear announced this morning shipments of its draft-N based devices; D-Link says later this month: The two firms will be the earliest out of the gate with consumer devices based on the draft standard of 802.11n, which will offer raw rates of 200 to 600 Mbps, with net throughput at a minimum of well over 100 Mbps. NetGear has a gigabit Ethernet line at higher cost, while D-Link has only 100 Mbps Ethernet at the top end. NetGear promises 300 Mpbs of raw speed; D-Link 100 Mbps of net speed.
Read more about this over at MIMO + N Networking News in separate stories on NetGear and D-Link.
DO not even know where to start with this premature release of products based on a half baked standard. I know they are focused on the home and small business consumer but come on guys! What do we all have to do later on when Airgo forces the standrads group to address its open issues (20/40Mhz) and interference potential with existing 802.11a/b/g products.
I guess it is the same thing Airgo did with its Pre-Pre-Pre MIMO products that enabled it to set the standard for MIMO.
What I am really interested in is when can we expect the Mesh vendors to pick their 802.11n MIMO solution (2.4GHz) for the customer access side of the Mesh so we can really kick up the preformance of these Metro Mesh products. May very well be what Tropos is waiting for with their limited single radio product.
Hope there premature released 802.11n products from Netgear and D-Link do not impact the stable 802.11a/b/g networks out there today.
By the way why haven't we heard from Cisco/Linksys on this, and where is the bad boy Broadcom with their chips?
Jacomo