[TheAge] "Gifi" - 5Gb/s wifi

yawnbox · Feb 23, 2008

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The tiny five-millimetre-a-side chip can transmit data through a wireless connection at a breakthrough five gigabits per second over distances of up to 10 metres. An entire high-definition movie from a video shop kiosk could be transmitted to a mobile phone in a few seconds, and the phone could then upload the movie to a home computer or screen at the same speed.

2w built in amp? does 802.11a/b/g/n have a built in amp? 2w in addition to a normal a/b/g/n router should increase the distance by two miles.

darkninja420 · Feb 23, 2008

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A new silicon chip developed in Melbourne is predicted to revolutionise the way household gadgets like televisions, phones and DVD players talk to each other.

oh no! its the begining of skynet kill it!!! kill it!!!

seriously though.. this is cool lol i would love to have this

then i can load all my stuff to other comps and my tv supa quick

firemaker · Feb 23, 2008

This is what will be needed in conjunction with Fibre to the Home. I'll keep an eye on this as when I get some serious money off my dad I'm going to start a fibre only isp.

The_Rocker · Feb 23, 2008

Interesting. Maybe we could see some rapid wireless internet soon

ElMikeTheMike · Feb 23, 2008

I dont get it. My wireless speeds are almost as good as my wired speeds. Does this just increase range? If so, I dont need to share my internet with the entire neighborhood.

firemaker · Feb 23, 2008

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Originally Posted by ElMikeTheMike

I dont get it. My wireless speeds are almost as good as my wired speeds. Does this just increase range? If so, I dont need to share my internet with the entire neighborhood.

I doubt your using 1gbit wires then. Otherwise you would notice the difference. For example I stream HD content from the server in my room to the my Xbox. Until I got it wired it was unstable at streaming.

ElMikeTheMike · Feb 23, 2008

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Originally Posted by firemaker

I doubt your using 1gbit wires then. Otherwise you would notice the difference. For example I stream HD content from the server in my room to the my Xbox. Until I got it wired it was unstable at streaming.

Theres no such thing as a 1gbit wire.

dleccord · Feb 23, 2008

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Originally Posted by ElMikeTheMike

I dont get it. My wireless speeds are almost as good as my wired speeds. Does this just increase range? If so, I dont need to share my internet with the entire neighborhood.

More like city.

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Originally Posted by ElMikeTheMike

Theres no such thing as a 1gbit wire.

He's referring to 1-ohm wires.

ElMikeTheMike · Feb 23, 2008

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Originally Posted by dleccord

He's referring to 1-ohm wires.

Hmmm...never heard of something like that for a network. For speakers maybe. I dunno....the only practical wires I know of are CAT 5 & CAT 6 wires. And the benefits of 6 to 5 arent much.

C-bro · Feb 23, 2008

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Originally Posted by dleccord

More like city.

He's referring to 1-ohm wires.

No he's not. Cat 5 and 6 are 100-ohm twisted cables that differ only by the transmission frequencies they can carry. Saying 1-ohm wires makes just as much sense as 1gbit wires.

I believe what he was talking about was using an entire gigabit network (switch, NICs, etc.). I don't use a gigabit network, but even at 100mbps my wired network is 10 times faster than wireless. I also experienced stuttering when streaming to an Xbox until I went wired.

OmegaNemesis28 · Feb 23, 2008

I knowtice a huge difference between wired and wireless and Im sitting next to my router most of the time. Especially upload speeds.

my94r/t · Feb 23, 2008

I notice no difference connecting to the net up or down, but I do notice a huge boost when transferring from comp to comp or my 360. I'm sure with wireless-n they would be closer, but its still a cleaner(less packet loss) and safer connection when wired, so I'd still put my money on the gigabit wired over wireless-n for larger file transfers.

I'd love to have 5gb wireless... even if its only rated at that speed for 10-feet.

Lelouch · Feb 23, 2008

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Originally Posted by firemaker

This is what will be needed in conjunction with Fibre to the Home. I'll keep an eye on this as when I get some serious money off my dad I'm going to start a fibre only isp.

Even then, I dont see the big deal with fibre necessarily (for now). Yes, its fast, but so far Comcast has itself responded with faster cable connections.

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Originally Posted by ElMikeTheMike

Theres no such thing as a 1gbit wire.

Cat5E and Cat6 can run at 1Gbit...

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Originally Posted by my94r/t

I notice no difference connecting to the net up or down, but I do notice a huge boost when transferring from comp to comp or my 360. I'm sure with wireless-n they would be closer, but its still a cleaner(less packet loss) and safer connection when wired, so I'd still put my money on the gigabit wired over wireless-n for larger file transfers.

I'd love to have 5gb wireless... even if its only rated at that speed for 10-feet.

10 meters

. Around 45 feet or so. 10 Feet would be just a blue-tooth device on steroids

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[TheAge] "Gifi" - 5Gb/s wifi

yawnbox

darkninja420

firemaker

The_Rocker

ElMikeTheMike

firemaker

ElMikeTheMike

dleccord

ElMikeTheMike

C-bro

OmegaNemesis28

my94r/t

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