Wi-Fi
- Wifi authentication options: Open System Authentication, Shared Key Authentication and Centralized Authentication (RADIUS)
| Generation | IEEE Standard |
Maximum Linkrate (Mbit/s) |
Adopted | Radio Frequency (GHz)[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wi‑Fi 7 | 802.11be | 40000 | align=center Template:TBA | 2.4/5/6 |
| Wi‑Fi 6E | 802.11ax | 600 to 9608 | 2020 | 2.4/5/6 |
| Wi‑Fi 6 | 2019 | 2.4/5 | ||
| Wi‑Fi 5 | 802.11ac | 433 to 6933 | 2014 | 5 |
| Wi‑Fi 4 | 802.11n | 72 to 600 | 2008 | 2.4/5 |
| (Wi-Fi 3*) | 802.11g | 6 to 54 | 2003 | 2.4 |
| (Wi-Fi 2*) | 802.11a | 6 to 54 | 1999 | 5 |
| (Wi-Fi 1*) | 802.11b | 1 to 11 | 1999 | 2.4 |
| (Wi-Fi 0*) | 802.11 | 1 to 2 | 1997 | 2.4 |
| *: (Wi-Fi 0, 1, 2, 3, are unbranded common usage.[2][3]) | ||||
Related terms
See also
- Wi-Fi, WiFi 7, WiFi 6 (ax), WiFi 5 (ac), Wifi scanning,
iw, Wireless Network Hacking,airodump-ng,aireplay-ng, WPA, WPA2, WPA3,rfkill, iwlwifi, hostapd, Spatial Multiplexing Power Save (SMPS),wpa_cli, AirWatch, Wireless LAN controller, Wi-Fi 6, Mobile Hotspot, Wireless routers, 802.11ax, MIMO, aircrack-ng,netsh wlan
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- ↑ 802.11ac only specifies operation in the 5 GHz band. Operation in the 2.4 GHz band is specified by 802.11n.
- ↑ Kastrenakes, Jacob (2018-10-03). "Wi-Fi now has version numbers, and Wi-Fi 6 comes out next year". The Verge. Retrieved 2019-05-02.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Wi-Fi Generation Numbering". ElectronicNotes. Retrieved November 10, 2021.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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