802.11n – Emerging Wireless Networking for Milwaukee Small Business
Posted by Tony Meister on Mon, Aug 02, 2010
If the Navy’s of the world have sailors using the latest wireless technology, why not Small Medium Sized businesses? Just a few years ago it wasn’t as easy to establish a fast enterprise level wireless network if you were a small business. However, wireless now offers a more sophisticated option for SMBs. Now the IEEE’s ratification of the 802.11n standard last Fall solidifies it even more.
Prior to the 802.11n ratification there existed a Draft 2.0 product. However, now SMBs don’t have to be concerned about a Wi-Fi certified Draft 2.0 product when they can know that ratification has provided ease-of-mind. The fact that there is backward compatibility and finality to the long awaited standard opens the door.
Now that small business wireless network users have right of entry to speeds over 100 Mbps, wireless education LANs like the Milwaukee Career College’s 802.11n wireless networking in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin are taking advantage of the new technology. We’ve noticed that demand for wireless networking in Milwaukee, specifically for the latest technology, has risen. In fact, the analyst firm ABI Research reports that 11n-based WLAN access point shipments were up almost 44 percent in 2009 over the previous year.
The 11n improvement to data throughput equates to approximately 5 times that of 802.11g. In addition, it offers expanded signal coverage with more constant RF signal coverage. This is attributed to 11n’s use of multiple input/multiple output (MIMO). In addition WLANs are no longer “convenience networks” but common place conduits for connectivity for conference rooms, mobile applications, VoIP apps, and other mission critical connections.
One of the leaders in forging the way for wireless technology is a company called Aerohive Networks. Aerohive has earned recognition for what they call cooperative control architecture and was recently mentioned in this summer’s list of CRN Magazine’s 2010’s Emerging Vendors.
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Understand more about 802.11n and Wireless 2.0 by downloading Aerohive’s Whitepaper.