With common sense and a basic understanding of how wireless security works, an enterprise can keep its wireless LAN protected from intruders using the security standards and practices available today. Via [searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com]… Continue Reading
Daily Archives: June 30, 2004
Softbank To Expand Wi-Fi Access, Roaming
Customers of Yahoo BB, Japan’s largest high-speed Internet provider, will soon be able to surf the Web at over 15,000 wireless Internet access points in 42 countries including Japan. Via [reuters.com]… Continue Reading
Travelers Find Wireless Web At Rest Stops
The Iowa Department of Transportation is hooking motorists up with wireless Internet access so they can surf the Web. It’s part of a test project to provide wireless service to six Iowa rest areas. Via [usatoday.com]… Continue Reading
802.11n Beats UWB For Home Media, Analyst Predicts
The forthcoming 802.11n WLAN standard will eventually beat out ultra-wideband (UWB) as the primary standard for wireless home entertainment networks, according to a study released Tuesday (June 29). Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Closing Up Wireless Security Holes
“Corporate concern about WLAN security goes beyond eavesdropping, because they understand that ‘rogue access points’ can disrupt enterprise wireless LANs,” said Ira Brodsky, president of Datacomm Research, a market research firm that focuses on the wireless industry. Via [technewsworld.com]… Continue Reading