July 8, 2002

Network Computing reviews 802.11a APs

Network Computing reviews the state of 802.11a gateways. Their winner was a Proxim Harmony, a fairly expensive unit at $695. Netgear and Linksys had poorly performing units, costing well under $400 (for the SOHO market). The Netgear is powered by an Atheros chipset, but I'm unsure what 802.11a chipsets the other products use. UPDATE: Jim Thompson (Musenki wizard and former CTO of Wayport), notes that all of the reviewed designs are based off of the Atheros reference design. Posted by dsifry at July 8, 2002 1:26 PM | View blog reactions