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Microsoft® Windows® Security: Essentials
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Microsoft® Windows® Security: Essentials

by Darril Gibson
June 2011
Beginner content levelBeginner
372 pages
9h 54m
English
Sybex
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Comparing Wireless Devices

Wireless networks use one of four primary wireless standards, and many devices support multiple standards. Table 8-1 shows the common wireless standards in use today.

802.11 wireless standards are covered in more depth in Microsoft Windows Networking Essentials (Wiley, 2011), which covers exam 98-366.

Table 8-1: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Standards

IEEE Standard Speed Base Frequency
802.11a 54 Mbps 5 GHz
802.11b 11 Mbps 2.4 GHz
802.11g 54 Mbps 2.4 GHz
802.11n 300 Mbps 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz

The Speed column in Table 8-1 shows the maximum speed possible with these standards. However, various types of interference can potentially reduce the achievable throughput speeds. Also, IEEE ...

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