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Title: Where are the 5Ghz A/N Cardbus Notebook Adapters?
Post by: FromAtoN on January 21, 2008, 12:21:01 PM

Picked up the DGL-4500 this week and so far I'm impressed but it would be nice to leave my neighbors with their crowded 2Ghz band. I'm disappointed D-Link doesn't have a 5Ghz A/N cardbus notebook adapter. I was happy with my D-Link DI-754 and D-Link DWL-AB650 running A at 108Mb...until recent unexplained disconnects when viewing too many simultaneous web sites. I've been the ONLY person running A for so many years in my area that I want to go back to the lonely 5Ghz band. Too bad I can't do it with my D-Link DWA-652.

I'm debating on getting the Linksys WRT600N and WPC600N combo so I can go 5Ghz.

Somebody please tell my why I shouldn't.
 ???

Title: Re: Where are the 5Ghz A/N Cardbus Notebook Adapters?
Post by: Lycan on January 22, 2008, 05:47:25 PM

Currently we are developing 5/2.4ghz adapters. The first in line will be the DWA-160.

Title: Re: Where are the 5Ghz A/N Cardbus Notebook Adapters?
Post by: FromAtoN on January 22, 2008, 07:32:05 PM

I saw it available but looking for a Cardbus adapter and hoping that whatever is developed has A and N and not omitted like the USB adapter.  Would prefer all versions in one card like the Linksys WPC600N.

Title: Re: Where are the 5Ghz A/N Cardbus Notebook Adapters?
Post by: Optix1180 on January 22, 2008, 11:45:51 PM

Will the DWA-160 be in partner ship with the soon to be released DIR-855?, as they both have 2.4/5.0 Ghz simultaneously functioning / or you can turn either frequency off as well so You may run at 2.4 only or 5.0 only( A/B/G/N given the freq)

and 300mbps (hopefully)

Title: Re: Where are the 5Ghz A/N Cardbus Notebook Adapters?
Post by: FromAtoN on January 23, 2008, 02:15:24 PM

Optix1180,

According to the DWA-160 link below, "(D-Link DIR-855 or DGL-4500 recommended)." and "The Duo technology in the DWA-160 supports selectable dualband (2.4GHz or 5GHz) wireless signals."  I read the latter as one or the other.

http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=656

I thought I read somewhere in the N spec where there could potentially be a total bandwidth of 600Mb if you could use both 5GHz and 2GHz bands simultaneously.  Is this correct?

Title: Re: Where are the 5Ghz A/N Cardbus Notebook Adapters?
Post by: MikeS on January 24, 2008, 10:18:43 AM

600Mbps is an IEEE, wireless chip manufacturer theoretical DATA RATE. Not real in any way. What you will be able to get is the more realistic 85-125Mbps (depending on your environment) THROUGHPUT.

That would be 85-125Mbps on 2.4GHz and 85-125Mbps on the 5GHz bands.

But this it is not 170-250Mbps.

Using the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands at the same time is much like driving two cars next to each other, not riding in a bus.

Until somebody writes some software to make the adapters split a payload and send it on the two bands at the same and then rebuild the payload at the other end, it ain't happening.

Title: Re: Where are the 5Ghz A/N Cardbus Notebook Adapters?
Post by: Lycan on January 24, 2008, 12:22:30 PM

 WHAT IS DUO?
Xtreme N Duo is the latest addition to the award-winning Xtreme N product family. The Duo technology in the DWA-160 supports selectable dualband (2.4GHz or 5GHz) wireless signals. This allows you to check e-mail and browse the Internet using the 2.4GHz band or stream High-Definition movies and other media on the 5GHz band.
-dlink.com

I don't believe that it will run both bands at the same time. There wouldn't really be a point.
The adapters processor and interface to the PC wouldn't be able to handle all that bandwidth anyway.