Explain, re: new wifi router

[blue_pearl_85]

So, I just got a new wifi router--an airport express, replacing a decade old airport express. I am presuming that over the last 10 years, there are new wifi protocols, or somesuch, that mean that the router will have longer range, and/or greater speed. Anyone actually know to a greater certainty? (e.g. "The new 802.11n is ten times faster than 802.11a that was the standard in 2005)

I know nothing about any wifi tech specs or anything.

Except that Hedy Lamar was the inventor of signal-hopping, and was seven flavors of awesome.

 

[AuntNelda]

So, I just got a new wifi router--an airport express, replacing a decade old airport express. I am presuming that over the last 10 years, there are new wifi protocols, or somesuch, that mean that the router will have longer range, and/or greater speed. Anyone actually know to a greater certainty? (e.g. "The new 802.11n is ten times faster than 802.11a that was the standard in 2005)

I know nothing about any wifi tech specs or anything.

Except that Hedy Lamar was the inventor of signal-hopping, and was seven flavors of awesome.

Actually, the inventor of "signal-hopping" was proclaimed by Lucille Ball.

 

[kbate]

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