Talk:IEEE 802.11

"Wi-Fi" seems to be the "next big thing" (or one of them), and this is all that Wikipedia has on the subject? This article (IEEE 802.11) is a very technical discussion of a topic that has several aspects (the whole notion of a wireless home network) that are perfectly accessible to the (relatively) non-technical user.

Maybe what we should do is reserve Wi-Fi (which has more hits on Google that WiFi) for the nontechnical discussion and reserve IEEE 802.11 for description of the technical standard. --Larry Sanger

The text says "Different countries have different ideas about support, although a recent World Radiotelecommunciations Conference" and then suddenly quits. This sounds like it'd be interesting, but I don't know what was intended. Can anyone complete that sentence/thought? -- Dwheeler 09:15, 2 Aug 2003 (UTC)~

I suppose that pragmatic use of WiFi would be a separate Wikipedia article from [IEEE 802.11]]. -- LarryW 14:35, 4 Aug 2003 (UTC)

"Security" section should probably be expanded to show the recent and very serious DoS exploit that affects certain implementations of the 802.11 standard? [1] --Protactin 18:59, 16 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Interference from microwave ovens/portable phones?

I know Wikipedia isn't a tech support site, but perhaps in discussion someone can elaborate on this? I'm about to set up my mom's computer for wireless, as HomePNA devices are no longer sold in most places, but between her computer and my room where the WAP will be, is a microwave oven (not DIRECTLY in-between though) and another phone in the house that utilizes wirelessness (not a cellphone, though), and am wondering if this is going to be a serious problem... --I am not good at running 06:29, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)