Today Bill Drew, The Wireless Librarian, pointed out an excellent article explaining the various 802.11 standards for wireless networking. Learn your wireless ABCs with ZDNet's The ABCs of 802.11 Standards.

"After 13 years of proprietary products and ineffective standards, the networking industry has finally decided to back one set of standards for wireless networking: the 802.11 series from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). These emerging standards define wireless Ethernet, or wireless LAN (WLAN)."