802.11n and a T42

[gg3761]

I know 802.11n will not be out soon but when it does do you think they would work in the T series? Not as a PCMCIA card but replacing the built in radio card. I already replaced the Intel 2200 with the IBM a/b/g card and that was easy and kinda fun. So i was hoping that when 802.11n shows up we'll have a choice of poping one of those in.

[Ojisan]

Hi, I don't think anyone can answer with any level of certainty... The IEEE 802.11n standard is (and has been) split with disagreement, and it won't be out for a while (earliest pojections being next year according to some news). And that's the "standard" itself. It usually takes a while after that to hit the mass market.

Sure if Intel/Broadcom/Atheros/etc could come up with a 11n chipset and board simialr to a/b/g set, then there will probably be a compatible set. But given the datarate of 11n and multi-antenna setup, it's also likely that changes are coming.

[DIGITALgimpus]

Not likely.

802.11n is likely to use MIMO, and the T4x series right now doesn't have the right type of antenna to really take advantage of that.

THere should be backwards compatibility, so you'll be connecting with 802.11g speeds, which should be enough for most.