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802.11n Lacks Range, Availability for Travelers

We saw a nice post on the Wi-Fire this morning on Tech & Gadget Diary.  But the mention of 802.11n reminded us we should start talking about the 802.11g versus 802.11n story.

The fact is that 802.11n doesn’t have the range.  Please see the independent tests published by MaximumPC, after which they declared the Wi-Fire “Unbelievable range. Best through-put at range, bar none.”  That was based on tests versus 802.11n as well.

These tests are well in line with our own extensive tests.  The Wi-Fire already outperforms 802.11n in range by far.

And don’t forget, for the busy traveler, or any other road warrior, the world of free and available Wi-Fi Hotspots is as close to 100% of 802.11g as you can get.

When distance matters and when availability on the road matters, the Wi-Fire is the long range Wi-Fi alternative of choice.

But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have 802.11n.  Buying a laptop with an internal 802.11abgn card is GREAT!  But mostly for close-in and for the dual band capability you may desire around your audio/video equipment.

But also get Wi-Fire for those more challenging spots or for travelling for longer range and higher speeds at range.

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4 Responses to “802.11n Lacks Range, Availability for Travelers”

1. hField Technologies - Blog » Blog Archive » Wi-Fi Planet - Final Score: Wi-Fire 91, Internal 6 ! Says:
   September 9th, 2009 at 11:38 am

   [...] reasons why the Wi-Fire is a 802.11g device versus n.  We’ve talked about this previously in “802.11n lacks range” and in “TrulyObscure Says Wi-Fire Beat All 802.11n Devices Too!”.  And we’ll [...]

2. Techie Says:
   September 19th, 2009 at 12:18 am

   I agree with this post, but it’s debatable if the range has reliability which Wireless N’s MIMO offers.

3. Tom Says:
   September 19th, 2009 at 12:23 pm

   Actually, N has very short range and the speed drops off precipitously with distance. Very few devices even approach the 300Mbps specification, mostly falling below 100Mbps and again, only at very short ranges. The Wi-Fire already beats N equipment at range and in speed at long range as shown in independent testing – reference MaximumPC and TrulyObscure as two examples.

4. Techie Says:
   September 19th, 2009 at 12:48 pm

   I’ll make sure to edit that on my post. It woild be interesting to see how WiFire compares with a Wireles G with a high gain omni directional antenna.

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