Re: Inter-operability of Draft-n equipment

Henry wrote:
> Finalisation of 802.11n is still reportedly over a year away. There is
> of course no guarantee (actually, little likelihood) that any of the
> draft-n gear available now will be upgradable to the standard, when it
> comes.
>
> The conventional wisdom for using draft-n equipment at the moment is to
> get all the pieces from the same manufacturer, to make sure they work
> together as intended. But that's not always possible.
>
> Have any of the computer or networking magazines, or any of the
> consumer-protection testing labs, run any studies comparing how well (or
> how poorly) 'mixed' environment networks run? Things like 'The A pcmcia
> card works with B's router but not C's access point, while D's pci
> adapter works with routers from A and C but not B', etc., etc.
>
> Given that there are only, what?, four or five or six major
> manufacturers of consumer- and SOHO-level equipment, it shouldn't be too
> hard to put the more popular models through their paces.
>
> cheers,
>
> Henry
I gather you have no faith in the "Wi-Fi Alliance".
<http://certifications.wi-fi.org/wbcs_certified_products.php?search=1&advanced=1&la ng=en&filter_company_id=&filter_category_id=&filte r_subcategory=&filter_cid=&date_from=&date_to=&x=3 0&y=18&selected_certifications%5B%5D=33>

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:20:46 +0000, LR <lrme@privacy.net> wrote in
<ZYmdnTKORIp_TzDanZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@bt.com>:

>Henry wrote:
>> Finalisation of 802.11n is still reportedly over a year away. There is
>> of course no guarantee (actually, little likelihood) that any of the
>> draft-n gear available now will be upgradable to the standard, when it
>> comes.
>>
>> The conventional wisdom for using draft-n equipment at the moment is to
>> get all the pieces from the same manufacturer, to make sure they work
>> together as intended. But that's not always possible.
>>
>> Have any of the computer or networking magazines, or any of the
>> consumer-protection testing labs, run any studies comparing how well (or
>> how poorly) 'mixed' environment networks run? Things like 'The A pcmcia
>> card works with B's router but not C's access point, while D's pci
>> adapter works with routers from A and C but not B', etc., etc.
>>
>> Given that there are only, what?, four or five or six major
>> manufacturers of consumer- and SOHO-level equipment, it shouldn't be too
>> hard to put the more popular models through their paces.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Henry
>I gather you have no faith in the "Wi-Fi Alliance".
><http://certifications.wi-fi.org/wbcs_certified_products.php?search=1&advanced=1&la ng=en&filter_company_id=&filter_category_id=&filte r_subcategory=&filter_cid=&date_from=&date_to=&x=3 0&y=18&selected_certifications%5B%5D=33>

The point is that n can't be certified until it's approved.

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John Navas wrote:

> The point is that n can't be certified until it's approved.
>
While that is stating the obvious, apart from the OP's first sentence
the post was about draft n. "Inter-operability of Draft-n equipment"

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:10:37 +0000, LR <lrme@privacy.net> wrote in
<MLqdnQaIGLwQQzDanZ2dnUVZ8tyqnZ2d@bt.com>:

>John Navas wrote:
>
>> The point is that n can't be certified until it's approved.
>>
>While that is stating the obvious, apart from the OP's first sentence
>the post was about draft n. "Inter-operability of Draft-n equipment"

Sorry, but I can't parse that.

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