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Wireless Comparison Chart
Wireless฀
Technology
802.11b
802.11g
802.11a+g฀
Belkin฀
Pre-N฀
Speed
11Mbps
54Mbps
108Mbps฀฀
108Mbps
Frequency
Common฀
household฀
devices฀such฀as฀
cordless฀phones฀
and฀microwave฀
ovens฀may฀
interfere฀with฀the฀
unlicensed฀band฀
2.4GHz
Common฀
household฀
devices฀such฀as฀
cordless฀phones฀
and฀microwave฀
ovens฀may฀
interfere฀with฀
the฀unlicensed฀
band฀2.4GHz
Uses฀the฀
uncrowded฀
5GHz฀band฀
which฀is฀not฀
susceptible฀
to฀common฀
household฀
devices฀such฀
as฀microwaves฀
and฀cordless฀
phones฀
that฀use฀the฀
2.4GHz฀band
Common฀
household฀
devices฀such฀as฀
cordless฀phones฀
and฀microwave฀
ovens฀may฀
interfere฀with฀the฀
unlicensed฀
band฀2.4GHz
Compatibility
Compatible฀
with฀802.11g
Compatible฀
with฀802.11b
Compatible฀
with฀802.11a,฀
802.11b,฀or฀
802.11g฀
Compatible฀with฀
802.11g฀
or฀802.11b
Coverage
Depends฀on฀
interference฀
-฀typically฀
100–200฀ft.฀
indoors
Depends฀on฀
interference฀
-฀typically฀100–
200฀ft.฀indoors
Less฀
interference฀
in฀802.11a฀-฀
typically฀100-
200฀ft.฀indoors฀
800%
฀the฀
coverage฀
of฀standard฀
802.11
g
Adoption
Mature฀–฀
widely฀adopted
Expected฀
to฀continue฀
to฀grow฀in฀
popularity
Popular฀in฀
media฀devices฀
and฀business฀
environments฀
Expected฀to฀
continue฀to฀grow฀
in฀popularity
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