802.11 Lineup

 802.11B

-Official as of September 1999

-Frequency 2.4GHZ

-Up to 11 MBPS (1, 2, 5.5, 11 Data rates)

-Most popular standard

-3 clean channels

802.11G

-Official as of June 2003

-Frequency 2.4GHZ

-Backards compatible with 802.11B

-Up to 54 MBPS (12 Data rates)

-3 clean channels

802.11A

-Official as of September 1999

-Frequency 5.8GHZ

-Up to 54 MBPS

-Not compatible with 802.11B/G

-12 to 23 clean channels

802.11N

-Up to 100 MbPS

-MIMO (multiple input multiple output)

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