{"id":11178,"date":"2026-01-04T15:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/DebianAdmin\/?p=11178"},"modified":"2026-01-04T15:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:48:18","slug":"no-one-ever-explained-this-standards-shambles-at-uniffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/DebianAdmin\/no-one-ever-explained-this-standards-shambles-at-uniffs\/","title":{"rendered":"No one ever explained this \"Standards\" Shambles at Uni\u2026FFS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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No one ever explained this Shambles at Uni, or any Networking course I\u00b4ve taken\u2026FFS.<\/p>\n

How many of us thought a 5G phone connects to the cellular network at 5Ghz and transferred data at up to that speed?? Nope! How many off us thought a 5G router used the same frequencies as the Cell networks? Depends...<\/p>\n

Confusing Mess of \u201cG Standards\u201d and Ghz frequencies:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cellular \"Gs\" (The Generations)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Generation<\/strong><\/th>\nStandard<\/strong><\/th>\nPrimary Frequencies<\/strong><\/th>\nTop Speed (Typical)<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1G<\/strong><\/td>\nAMPS<\/td>\n800 MHz<\/td>\n0.0024 Mbps (Analog)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2G<\/strong><\/td>\nGSM\/CDMA<\/td>\n900 \/ 1900 MHz<\/td>\n0.1 Mbps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3G<\/strong><\/td>\nHSPA<\/td>\n1900 \/ 2100 MHz<\/td>\n2 Mbps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4G<\/strong><\/td>\nLTE<\/td>\n700 \/ 1700 \/ 2100 MHz<\/td>\n20\u201350 Mbps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5G<\/strong><\/td>\nNR<\/td>\n600 MHz \u2013 39 GHz<\/td>\n200\u20131,000+ Mbps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Wi-Fi Standards (The IEEE \"Gs\")<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
IEEE Standard<\/strong><\/th>\nMarketing Name<\/strong><\/th>\nFrequencies<\/strong><\/th>\nMax Speed (Close Range)<\/strong><\/th>\nSpeed at Max Indoor Range (~100\u2013150ft)<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
802.11b<\/strong><\/td>\nWi-Fi 1<\/td>\n2.4 GHz<\/td>\n11 Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n1\u20132 Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
802.11a<\/strong><\/td>\n(Legacy 5G)<\/td>\n5 GHz<\/td>\n54 Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n6 Mbps<\/strong> (Short reach)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
802.11g<\/strong><\/td>\nWi-Fi 3<\/td>\n2.4 GHz<\/td>\n54 Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n5\u201310 Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
802.11n<\/strong><\/td>\nWi-Fi 4<\/td>\n2.4 \/ 5 GHz<\/td>\n150\u2013600 Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n20\u201350 Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
802.11ac<\/strong><\/td>\nWi-Fi 5<\/td>\n5 GHz<\/td>\n1,300+ Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n100\u2013200 Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
802.11ax<\/strong><\/td>\nWi-Fi 6 \/ 6E<\/td>\n2.4 \/ 5 \/ 6 GHz<\/td>\n9,600 Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n400\u2013600 Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
802.11be<\/strong><\/td>\nWi-Fi 7<\/td>\n2.4 \/ 5 \/ 6 GHz<\/td>\n46,000 Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n1,000+ Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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No one ever explained this Shambles at Uni, or any Networking course I\u00b4ve taken\u2026FFS. How many of us thought a 5G phone connects to the cellular network at 5Ghz and transferred data at up to that speed?? Nope! How many off us thought a 5G router used the same frequencies as the Cell networks? Depends... ...\u00a0 No one ever explained this "Standards" Shambles at Uni\u2026FFS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":true,"total_views":4,"today_views":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/DebianAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/DebianAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/DebianAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/DebianAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/DebianAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11178"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/DebianAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11181,"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/DebianAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11178\/revisions\/11181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/DebianAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/DebianAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/DebianAdmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}