Comments on: 802.11n Lacks Range, Availability for Travelers

By: hField Technologies – Blog » Blog Archive » Wi-Fire – one of the best buys on the market

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:44:04 +0000

[...] that it is not 802.11n. But the Wi-Fire is meant for distance and contrary to popular belief, 802.11n is NOT distance capable. Wi-Fire already beats all 802.11n products in distance and in speed at weak signal [...]

By: Techie

Techie — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:48:44 +0000

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.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:23:48 +0000

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.

By: Techie

Techie — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:18:54 +0000

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

By: hField Technologies - Blog » Blog Archive » Wi-Fi Planet - Final Score: Wi-Fire 91, Internal 6 !

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:38:43 +0000

[...] 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 [...]