On Jan 24, 2008, at 10:10, Lee Sharp wrote:

> Jim Thompson wrote:
>
>> Note that the 5005VL isn't a MIMO chipset, its a beamforming  
>> chipset, and Airgo != 802.11n.
>
> Seeing as how the standard still is not final, and they took out d 
> \some patent encumbered things that were in it, all preN stuff is ! 
> = 802.11n. :)  What is all this fascination with N when everything  
> falls bak to G from incompatibility?  It is very handy on the  
> client side, but less so on the AP side.
>
> 				Lee
>

Fascination?  I was configuring a high end Dell laptop for a friend  
and noticed there was an AP in my 'neighborhood' with 802.11n which  
showed a 280Mbs bandwidth (!). I did not have the WPA codes, so could  
not log onto that AP.

It may just be marketing, but it was impressive to see.

Bob G