Q&A: Wireless LANs

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IT Week offers jargon-busting answers to common queries about wireless networking standards and technologies

Why do different wireless LAN standards use different frequencies? The switch from the 2.4GHz frequency band used by the IEEE's original 802.11b wireless Ethernet standard seemed like a good ide...

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