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Given that it runs at 900 MHz, it will require new hardware. At a minimum, it will require an antenna tuned for the new band, in addition to whatever changes t
by tjohns 11y ago
Given that it runs at 900 MHz, it will require new hardware.
At a minimum, it will require an antenna tuned for the new band, in addition to whatever changes to the WiFi baseband processor are needed to go along with it.
- porsupah 11y agoNot exclusively, by the sound of it - the press release notes "Many devices that support Wi-Fi HaLow are expected to operate in 2.4 and 5 GHz as well as 900 MHz".
- tjohns 11y agoI interpreted the press release to indicate that WiFi HaLow will be 900 MHz only, but can coexist with traditional WiFi implementations on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. (The Wikipedia page seems to confirm this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ah) Just like when 5 GHz was added, this means getting a new WiFi card -- but that card could support all three bands at the same time. So this would mean while you're near an AP you'll be on "classic" 2.4/5 GHz, but when you roam further away it would switch to 900 MHz "HaLow" for longer range.
- porsupah 11y agoIndeed, it does sound like that's the case. Thanks for the clarification.