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Wi-Fi Alliance cozies up to industry, promises to certify draft 802.11n products
Tuesday 29 August 2006 – 06:48
The only organization able to make the anything-goes WLAN industry toe the line has decided to take a less objective approach. The Wi-Fi Alliance today announced it plans to adopt a two-phase plan that includes certification of draft status 802.11n products.
IEEE slogs through thousands of 802.11n draft comments
Friday 11 August 2006 – 07:42
A second draft of the proposed IEEE standard for 100+Mbps wireless LANs is being pushed back several months.
IEEE 802.11n Draft 1.0 fails letter ballot
Wednesday 3 May 2006 – 02:01
Today's vote by members of the IEEE 802.11 working group on Draft 1.0 of the proposed 802.11n standard showed that the standard is not yet ready for prime time. The vote not only failed to reach the 75% "super majority" level required for acceptance, but also failed to garner even a simple majority with only 46.6% of the voters, voting in favor of moving the draft to the next step in the IEEE process.
Intel debuts draft-n wireless chip for Centrino notebooks
Tuesday 23 January 2007 – 07:02
Intel today released, as anticipated, its WiFi Link 4965 AGN chipset, previously code-named Kedron. The chip promises to boost connection speeds up to 5x, range by up to 2x and battery life by up to one hour.
Dell offers draft 802.11n wireless cards
Monday 17 July 2006 – 08:14
The generation Wi-Fi standard is still far from being finalized, but devices built according to the draft specification are becoming more and more available - not only from Wi-Fi hardware manufacturers.

Articles & reviews

Draft 802.11n Revealed: Part 2 - Interoperable? Not So Much*
Wednesday 14 June 2006 – 08:20
In Part 2 of our series, Tim Higgins discovers an embarrassingly low level of interoperability among draft 802.11n products. And they're not very neighbourly, either.
CGS Draft: Pro Gaming Meets Playboy*
Thursday 14 June 2007 – 07:28
DirecTV's new professional gaming league, the Championship Gaming Series, held its first e-sports draft in colourful fashion Tuesday night at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. So what happens when you cross gamers with Playmates?
Draft 802.11n Revealed: Part 1 - The Real Story on Throughput vs. Range*
Thursday 1 June 2006 – 04:53
Don't read this article if you've already made up your mind to not buy draft 802.11n products. But if you're still optimistic, Tim Higgins offers an unprecedented look at how some draft 11n products don't even beat 11g!
Belkin N1 Wireless Router: Neighbour-Friendly but Flawed Draft 11n*
Friday 22 September 2006 – 12:47
Tim Higgins finds Belkin's Atheros-based entry into the draft 11n WLAN sweepstakes takes a step forward, but a few backward, too.
Buy Draft 11n!*
Wednesday 10 May 2006 – 11:42
The nattering nabobs of negativity are at it again, telling us to stay away from the latest and greatest in wireless networking technology. Tim Higgins thinks they're just a bunch of weenies.