Anyone use MIMO yet?

[AkumaX]

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[MustISO]

Before anyone asks:
==History==
Jack Winters at Bell Laboratories filed a patent on wireless communications using multiple antennas in 1984.
Jack Salz, also of Bell Laboratories published a paper on MIMO in 1985, based on Winters' research.
Winters and many others published articles on MIMO in the period from 1986 to 1995.

In 1996, Greg Raleigh and Gerald J. Foschini invented new approaches to MIMO which increased its efficiency. Greg Raleigh is the founder of Airgo Networks, which claims to be the inventor of MIMO OFDM, offering a "pre-N" chipset called "True MIMO". However, it is unclear if hardware based on this chipset will be compatible with other devices once the 802.11n-standard is ratified.

 

[mzkhadir]

I have heard of MIMO for wireless and do not have any gear to support MIMO

Toms Networking review :http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Reviews-194-ProdID-WPN824.php

summary from engadget

NetGear and other vendors are boasting of higher speeds and longer ranges with their ?MIMO? (multiple-in-multiple-out) wireless routers. And in some cases, they deliver ? at least compared to the current generation of 802.11g routers. The problem, as Tom?s Networking points out in a review of NetGear?s WPN824 router (which we first checked out at CES earlier this year), is that MIMO is a hodgepodge of proprietary tech, designed to give customers who have to have the latest and greatest (you know who you are) something to spend their money on until true 802.11n gear comes along. As the review points out, ?for now, MIMO is primarily a marketing buzzword, being used mainly to keep you on the wireless upgrade treadmill.? The review provides a good overview of what?s available in the MIMO market today, and suggests that, despite its competitive price ($118), the WPN824 might not be such a bargain.

 

[TBone48]

I got the Belkin Pre-n wireless router and PCI desktop antenna because my D-Links coverage had too many dead spots. The difference (for me, at least) has been amazing. The dead spots are GONE. I can connect from anywhere in the house on my laptop with a .11g built-in card. And the speed is amazing. Transferring files takes much less time. I've had it for 2 months, no dropped connections or any other problems. I was a little worried because Belkin got not-so-great reviews but I'm one of those idiots who has to get the new stuff ASAP. (I went nuts waiting for SLI mobo's to get to market, and paid way too much for it)

Anyway, it's been nothing but :thumbsup: for me.

 

[EvilYoda]

Way too much for me...g will do me just fine for now.