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Quantenna Chips to Reinforce WiFi Signal, Prevent Interference

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Many of you might have played cat and mouse with WiFi signals inside your home. WiFi coverage tends to be inconsistent if the client and the WiFi access point are separated by walls. But a Sunnyvale-based startup, Quantenna Communications, is readying three chipsets to ensure that you don’t have to search for WiFi sweet spots inside you house ever again.

The chips will not only prevent WiFi signals from loosing their strength while traversing walls but also reign in on any interference from other devices operating in the 2.4 or 5GHz bands. The chipsets are expected to cost between $20 and $40 each. These chips are expected to make their maiden commercial appearance sometime in 2009.

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avatarhow?

 So, would this be in addition to the WiFi chip or would this replace current WiFi chips in routers and Wireless NICS?

 

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avatarAddition instead of replacement.

The idea is you plug a small device into a power outlet, and it repeats the signal.

If you were to add enough, you could have a 'whole-house bubble'.

It depends on the power of the antenna of course, but you could theoretically use this to repeat signal without giving folks outside with a standard WiFi adapter access.

I'm going to have to keep my eye on this.

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