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Should I wait for Wifi Certification for 802.11AC?

bbobbit42

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Looking at getting a fast wireless router for the house (currently on have a wired modem), and found some new 802.11ac routers.

Hitting the Googlizer hard, I found this little gem:

"As a result, this rush to market diminished interoperability and performance in the first products to hit the market." - Qualcomm post relating to the 802.11n launch, and the upcoming 802.11ac products.

http://qca.qualcomm.com/thewire/qualcomm-atheros-bringing-forth-a-new-paradigm-for-11ac/

It looks like the WiFi Certifications for 802.11ac will start early next year.

If early 802.11n launches were a problem with 802.11N, is it not the same problem with the current first 802.11ac routers?

Seems to me that it is better to wait till early next year and get a WiFi Certified router then?

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bczoom

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I'd just get one of whatever is available now.

If you wait until next year, there will be some other change in the pipeline that says something new (again) is coming out.

If you keep waiting for the latest and greatest, you'll wait forever. Anything you get related to computers or networks is obsolete (but works fine) within months of purchase. It's just the nature of the beast since technology is changing so fast.
 
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