he claims he spent a lot of time googling it, but doesn't cite what he
found. specifically, he claims that interference robustness doesn't
work with non-apple base stations such as linksys, netgear, etc. and
that the frequency was not changed in later revisions of 802.11. both
are incorrect.
first, the simple one -- 802.11n adds the 5ghz band to the existing
2.4ghz band that 802.11b/g uses.
next, interference robustness deals with microwave oven interference.
lucent/orinoco/wavelan/agere/proxim/etc. (it seems the company changed
its name almost weekly) has a technote on what it does. they made the
original airport in addition to wifi cards for the masses, so it
clearly works with non-apple equippment.
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http://www.proxim.com/support/techbulletins/TB-035.pdf>
and additional discussion in
alt.internet.wireless (which references
the above link when they were orinoco):
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http://groups.google.com/group/alt.internet.wireless/browse_thread/thre
ad/3133f46f6ed79abb/4439c1639e991f01?hl=en&lnk=st&q=#4439c1639e991f01>
