{"id":344,"date":"2020-01-14T19:25:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T00:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.network1.net\/?p=344"},"modified":"2020-01-14T19:25:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T00:25:53","slug":"wi-fi-6-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.network1.net\/?p=344","title":{"rendered":"Wi-Fi 6 is Here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Does your laptop support 802.11n, 802.11ac, or  802.11a10? If you don&#8217;t know you\u2019re in luck and if you  didn\u2019t realize one of those protocols was not real, your life is about to get better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wi-Fi Alliance, the body that sets all the standards  and protocols for each for of Wi-Fi technology, is finally going to drop the archaic numbering and lettering scheme. The next revision of Wi-Fi will be known as Wi-Fi 6<br> (technically 802.11ax).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor nearly two decades, Wi-Fi users have had to sort through technical naming conventions to determine if their devices support the latest Wi-Fi,\u201d said Edgar Figueroa, president and CEO of Wi-Fi Alliance. \u201cWi-Fi Alliance is<br> excited to introduce Wi-Fi 6, and present a new naming scheme to help industry and Wi-Fi users easily understand the Wi-Fi generation supported by their device or connection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The naming scheme will go backwards as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Wi-Fi 6 to identify devices that support 802.11ax technology<\/li><li>Wi-Fi 5 to identify devices that support 802.11ac technology<\/li><li>Wi-Fi 4 to identify devices that support 802.11n technology<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wi-Fi alliance has approved the new logos and descriptions of the naming system to be used by anyone meeting the standard (basically everyone).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And even though we are now past the big holiday shopping season, we\u2019ve only seen a few of these products enter the market and be branded as such. Look for all of that to change as consumer network manufacturers begin<br> their push to the new labeling standard in earnest now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does your laptop support 802.11n, 802.11ac, or 802.11a10? If you don&#8217;t know you\u2019re in luck and if you didn\u2019t realize one of those protocols was not real, your life is about to get better. The Wi-Fi Alliance, the body that sets all the standards and protocols for each for of Wi-Fi technology, is finally going [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.network1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.network1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.network1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.network1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.network1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.network1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/blog.network1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.network1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.network1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.network1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}