Are Airport and Airport Extreme Wi-Fi Certified?

[malexgreen]

Not sure what hardware Apple uses in it's Airport products. This article mentioned several component manufacturers meeting Wi-Fi cert. requirements for their 802.11g chips/components. Does Apples use these? When will Apple acheive Wi-Fi Certification?

http://www.commsdesign.com/story/OEG20030708S0019

 

[voice-]

Now, if what I've read is true, Airport is 802.11b and Airport Extreme is 802.11g
I don't think they are certified yet...

 

[Lycander]

802.11b is certified, g is brand new but I think it passed certification in April or May. Was scheduled to be certified for March I heard but you know how things are, delays and what not.

According to the system requirements for PC Wi-Fi cards, such cards have to be certified so I would hazard a guess that the base station is also certified.

 

[symphonix]

Airport is Wi-Fi certified for 802.11b products.

See www.apple.com/airport

 

[malexgreen]

Airport and Airport Extreme cards and base stations are Wi-Fi certified:

http://www.wi-fi.org/OpenSection/Certified_Products.asp?TID=2

But they are only certified for 11 Mbps, not 54 Mbps.

 

[superfula]

Probably because it is certified for b, but not for g

 

[symphonix]

I think its because the certification standards for 802.11g Wi-Fi have not been finalised yet. When the 802.11g Wi-Fi standards are *finally* agreed on I expect Apple will release a software update to ensure full compliance.