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Dialogue Box 4.4: Dual-band 802.11n shoot-out

Charles McLellan and Rupert Goodwins ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 29 Jul 2008 10:35 BST

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Which 802.11n frequency band goes fastest and furthest — 5GHz or 2.4GHz?

Dialogue Box fires up its new router and takes a laptop on a wireless walkabout.

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