The Need for Speed: 802.11ac – 5th Generation Gigabit WiFi [18:40]

Rumors are that Apple is planning on incorporating support for the new faster 802.11ac Wi-Fi specification into products this year. In this podcast we discuss the 802.11ac and other wireless specs.

We discuss the following questions:

- So, what’s the deal with this 802.11ac?

- These 802 dot whatever standards - where do they come from?

- So this 802.11ac is considered non-finalized. what does that mean?

- I seem to get interference from things like wireless home phones. I know spectrum is involved.

- So if I set my access point to run at 5GHz, will all my devices work? What do i need to understand to make it work?

- What about range? You mentioned range limitations at 5 GHz.

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