802.11n Wi-Fi spec nailed down, at last

[Bob Crabtree]

Friday 20th January. Broadcom has begun sampling the first wireless chipsets that support the 802.11n draft specification that was finally approved yesterday for submission to the IEEE for ratification as a standard.

The chip maker claimed its Intensi-Fi WLAN chipset family supports the specification agreed by the IEEE Task Group, but is software-upgradeable to ensure they remain compatible with the standard should it change while it's gaining IEEE approval.

The finalisation of the 802.11n draft specification ends months of fighting between groups of companies touting their own visions of how the technology should work and what features the standard should deliver.

Check out The Register for more.

[Agent]

It really took too long.

[Funkstar]

exactly.

i bet there are a lot of Belkin Pre-N users hoping their hardware is also flash upgradable to the standard once it is ratified.

[bertie]

What is the speed / range? What improvements anyone?