Geeks, how do you pronounce 802.11g?

[KlondikeGeoff]

I know, I lead a sheltered life, but never heard this pronounced orally. is it "point eleven," "point one one," "dot eleven," or what?

[Xema]

I can't tell you what's right, just what I've heard: "Eight oh two eleven gee". There seems to be no need for "point" or "dot" - a slight pause suffices.

[Bobotheoptimist]

I've always said "eight oh two eleven", but my geek specialty lies in another area so that's just recreational usage.

[qubed]

I normally just say '11g' or even just 'g' if the context is clear enough. On the rare occasion when i say the whole thing, it's just 'eight oh two eleven g'.

I never say the period/dot. But that may just be me.

[Ferd Burfel]

I know, I lead a sheltered life, but never heard this pronounced orally. is it "point eleven," "point one one," "dot eleven," or what?

I've always just pronounced it "eleven gee" to differentiate it from "eleven bee". I don't recall ever saying the entire phrase, but if I did it would be "eight oh two dot eleven gee"

[ZipperJJ]

"wireless g"

[Alistair McCello]

Count me as another who has never pronounced the 'point', its just 'eight oh two eleven gee'. I will occationally say just 'eleven gee', but more often than not I do use the whole phrase.

While I am certainly a geek, networking is not my area so I am at best a layman geek here

[FordPrefect]

wireless g for me too.

[Mindfield]

Mostly "eight oh two eleven gee" (or Bee, or En) -- no punctuation or pause, but if I'm talking to someone I suspect might not quite grok the numeric reference, I'll either say "Wireless G" (Or Bee, or En) or "WiFi." (Long vowels)

[A.R. Cane]

I thought the proper way was eight hundred two and eleven hundredths grams (assuming you're using the 'g' to indicate grams), the 'and' indicates the decimal point.
BTW 'oh' is the letter, not the number.

[matt_mcl]

Wow, my first guess was mass, in which case I would have said eight hundred and two point one one grams.

[Captain Carrot]

I thought the proper way was eight hundred two and eleven hundredths grams (assuming you're using the 'g' to indicate grams), the 'and' indicates the decimal point.
BTW 'oh' is the letter, not the number.But this isn't about the proper way, it's the way that people who say it regularly pronounce it.

[Twisty]

I know, I lead a sheltered life, but never heard this pronounced orally. is it "point eleven," "point one one," "dot eleven," or what?

"throat warbler mangrove".

[Alive At Both Ends]

I know, I lead a sheltered life, but never heard this pronounced orally. is it "point eleven," "point one one," "dot eleven," or what?
I was taught that the ONLY correct way of saying this is "point one one". Digits after the decimal point are pronounced separately. Saying "eleven" could cause confusion since it implies that 0.11 is greater than 0.9 (eleven is greater than nine, after all.)

[A.R. Cane]

But this isn't about the proper way, it's the way that people who say it regularly pronounce it.

Understood, but if your interest is in accuracy then I'd suggest: eight zero two point one one grams.

[Bobotheoptimist]

Understood, but if your interest is in accuracy then I'd suggest: eight zero two point one one grams.In the interest of accuracy, attaching a unit of mass to IEEE spec is contraindicated.

[Queuing]

"g"

[engineer_comp_geek]

Eight oh two dot eleven gee.

I seem to be one of the few geeks that pronounces the dot.

[Elendil's Heir]

"throat warbler mangrove".

DAMN IT! Beat me to it.

Sincerely yours,

Raymond Luxury Yacht, Esq.

[Rysto]

I worked for a wireless networking company for 8 months. If we pronounced it in full, we called it eight-oh-two-dot-eleven-jee. It certainly wasn't uncommon to shorten it to just "jee".