Not sure what you mean. Please restate the question.1) Since 802.11n took so long to be ratified, why haven't multi-stream capable products released after the standard was ratified been available from a variety of vendors?
Market demand for one thing. We will probably see general-purpose three stream (450 Mbps max. link rate) products this year. The four-stream (600 Mbps) products will most likely be application-specific, with optimizations for media streaming.2) Why is it only this year that we will see full-featured 600mpbs products (ie all the 'options') being utilized, when they had all the time during the draft process to engineer these products?
Consumer networking vendors have tried access points in the past and found them to be not big sellers. Most homes don't have the Ethernet cabling in place to make multi-AP installations common, either. There are plenty of inexpensive routers that even have AP modes.3) Why are there so few dedicated Access Points available and the vast majority having routers tacked onto them as well? It's plainly clear that to boost wireless performance we need several AP's around the house, so why are so few vendors creating consumer Access Point gear?
Not anytime soon. Product isn't scheduled to be released until 3Q and I expect that will be LATE, not early 3Q, if at all.No argument from me on streaming HD wirelessly. I have tried virtually every solution in the market and they are all hopeless.
Would be keen to get you take on the new WNHDB3004?
Are u getting this in the lab soon?
Nope. It's a totally different animal. See the article I linked above.The new WNHDB3004 seems like the same as the old 111 you reviewed a year ago. Still 5ghz band only, 300mbps, 10/100 ethernet. What did they change? I guess the 4x4 mimo will give better coverage than 3x3mimo assuming you have clients with 4x4 mimo antennas?
The article you linked to did not mention any Netgear stuff but the Quantanna has 4x4mimo. The netgear presser was very vague on specifics, whether it has 300mbps or 450mbps. I will give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it's 450mbps. Although, technically a 4x4 mimo can have 4 stream 600mbps, but i doubt it. What are your thoughts?Nope. It's a totally different animal. See the article I linked above.
I've long used MoCA for reliable IP data/streaming. Works well.No argument from me on streaming HD wirelessly. I have tried virtually every solution in the market and they are all hopeless.
Would be keen to get you take on the new WNHDB3004?
Are u getting this in the lab soon?
I've long used MoCA for reliable IP data/streaming. Works well.
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