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Can 802.11n be enabled on new Macs?


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I have a draft-N router, and I have a C2D mbp. I want it now. Dammit.

 

Yeah, me too...

 

The announcement said that the driver would be included with the base station.

 

Let's hope that they also release it with Software Update.

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FYI

 

Infoworld reports that the IEEE 802.11n working group has approved draft version 1.10 of the high-performance wireless networking specification. The draft specification will strive to play better with legacy 2.4 GHz devices, but minimize the impact on existing draft-802.11n compliant equipment including Apple's recently updated Airport Extreme and Macs that include 802.11n capable networking cards.

 

Manufacturers like Atheros, Intel, and Apple and their customers will be happy to hear that version 1.10 is compatible with the pre-802.11n products they have already created.

 

"It will only require a minor firmware upgrade for complete compatibility," said [bill McFarland, a member of the working group just back from the London meeting where version 1.10 was approved].

 

The version will be released to the full 802.11n committee by the end of the month as draft version 2.0, although at least one more draft is expected before final approval (expected in October 2008).

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