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Wi-Fi standards

Wi-Fi standards

From the course: CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) Cert Prep

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Wi-Fi standards

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- 802 11 is an very old standard, but just because it's old, that does not mean we are not constantly updating it to get it faster and support more systems and do better all the time. Now, the original 802 11 standard actually defined a networking speed of about one megabit per second. Nobody ever saw that one, and that's okay. So what we've seen over the years are what we call extensions to the standard. They have names like 802 11 A, or 802 11 G, or 802 11 AC. So it's still the 802 11 standard but they extend the standard to support newer technologies, faster speeds, able to support more systems, that type of thing. Now, the A plus exam is going to really hit you hard on making sure that you know all of the 802 11 extensions. So let's get 'em covered right here. Now, before we get into the individual extensions, let's get one thing clarified. The beautiful part of 802 11 is that it's based on the unlicensed…

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