802.11n Wi-Fi standard becomes final - finally !

[atifsh]

IEEE chairman Bob Heile late Monday signaled that the 802.11n standard for Wi-Fi was likely to be finalized by September

[doctorhardware]

It is about time.

[atifsh]

what left to see how many routers and cards/usbs are left as draft N with no firmware support.

[admin]

That definitely took a while, didn't it?

802.11g hasn't been quick enough for a long time now (especially when it comes to streaming video, HD video in particular), and hopefully this will now mean every wireless devices will use 802.11n instead.

[doctorhardware]

There will be a lot of firmware updates to be done. It will be nice when printers use 802.11n.