WiFi Types Flashcards

Study and understand the differences between different Wireless types.

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What is 802.11ac Wi-Fi?

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Despite being the most accessible Wi-Fi standard 802.11ac isn’t the fastest. Introduced in 2019, 802.11ax, also known as Wi-Fi 6, is currently the fastest Wi-Fi standard.

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What is 802.11g Wi-Fi?

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IEEE 802.11g-2003 or 802.11g is an amendment to the IEEE 802.11 specification that operates in the 2.4 GHz microwave band. The standard has extended throughput to up to 54 Mbit/s using the same 20 MHz bandwidth as 802.11b uses to achieve 11 Mbit/s.

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What is 802.11g Wi-Fi?

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IEEE 802.11g-2003 or 802.11g is an amendment to the IEEE 802.11 specification that operates in the 2.4 GHz microwave band. The standard has extended throughput to up to 54 Mbit/s using the same 20 MHz bandwidth as 802.11b uses to achieve 11 Mbit/s.

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What is 802.11ax Wi-Fi?

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IEEE 802.11ax, officially marketed by the Wi-Fi Alliance as Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E, is an IEEE standard for wireless local-area networks and the successor of 802.11ac. It is also known as High Efficiency Wi-Fi, for the overall improvements to Wi-Fi 6 clients under dense environments

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What is 802.11n Wi-Fi?

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IEEE 802.11n-2009 or 802.11n is a wireless-networking standard that uses multiple antennas to increase data rates. The Wi-Fi Alliance has also retroactively labelled the technology for the standard as Wi-Fi 4.

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