Nitro from

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(originally developed by

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) is a proprietary

802.11g IEEE 802.11g-2003 or 802.11g is an amendment to the IEEE 802.11 specification that operates in the 2.4 GHz microwave band. The standard has extended throughput to up to 54 Mbit/s using the same 20 MHz bandwidth as 802.11b channels, 802.11b uses t ...

performance enhancement

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introduced in 2003 as part of the PRISM chipset. The first implementation was designed to help compensate for the performance loss of higher-speed 802.11g devices when they share a

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with slower

802.11b IEEE 802.11b-1999 or 802.11b is an amendment to the IEEE 802.11 wireless networking specification that extends throughput up to 11 Mbit/s using the same 2.4 GHz band. A related amendment was incorporated into the IEEE 802.11-2007 standard. ...

devices. Later implementations are marketed as Nitro MX Xtreme which adds proprietary

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and point-to-point side session technology for a claimed 140 Mbit/s

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. The point-to-point side session technology, called DirectLink, creates a connection between clients or from a client to a media source, such as a media server, and avoids the access point. It does this while staying in

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Infrastructure mode so the client can continue to utilize access point-based security and power-savings.

Alternatives

Nitro is one of several competing incompatible

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approaches that were developed to increase performance of 802.11g wireless devices, such as

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from

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(or "108 Mbit/s" technology) from

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, and

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-based extensions from

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References

External links

{{Wikibooks, Wifi
Press release announcing Nitro
IEEE 802.11 Proprietary hardware Proprietary software

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