Tim Higgins
The former-computer company—renamed from Apple Computer to just Apple today—has gone Draft N happy. Their new Airport Extreme version will have no new, special name, and support both 2.4 GHz (802.11b/g/n) and 5 GHz (802.11a/n).
Computers shipped to date with Intel Core 2 Duo chips (with the exception of a single iMac model) can be upgraded to add Draft N capability through a firmware patch due in February along with the updated base station.
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Motorola and Ruckus Wireless today announced small wall-mount 802.11n AP / switches designed for large multi-room installations.
Amped Wireless has announced two "high-power" USB Wi-Fi adapters.
Atheros today announced two single-chip 802.11n solutions and associated PCIe reference designs.
The new dual-band AR9280 and single-band AR9281 integrate the radio, baseband/MAC and host PCIe interface into single chip 10mm x 10mm QFN packages. Reference designs for both devices are available for both PCIe half-Mini Card and full-Mini Card form factors.
