Does UIUCnet Wireless support any of the “turbo” or “extra-fast” versions of 802.11g?
No. The access points being deployed by CITES for UIUCnet Wireless coverage only support the base 802.11 standards. There are not currently any industry-standard “turbo” implementations of 802.11. Many wireless equipment vendors have created their own proprietary “turbo” systems that promise two or three times the effective data throughput of standard “g,” but none of those systems will interoperate. There are efforts underway within the standards organizations to define a common “turbo” standard, but until such a standard exists and interoperable equipment is widely available, CITES will not venture down that path.
