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Wireless multi-function access point – Atlantis Land A02-AP1-W54 User Manual

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Wireless Multi-Function Access Point

A02-AP1-W54 Pag. 43

Question

What is the IEEE 802.11g standard?

Answer

Approved in June, 2003 as an

IEEE

standard for wireless

local area networks (

WLAN

s), 802.11g offers wireless

transmission over relatively short distances at up to 54

megabit

s per second (Mbps) compared with the 11 megabits

per second of the

802.11b

(

Wi-Fi

) standard. Like 802.11b,

802.11g operates in the 2.4

GHz

range and is thus compatible

with it.