More and more gadgets have built-in networking capabilities, but the problem is connecting them all to your home or small office network without making rooms look like IT wiring closets. Belkin’s 802.11g Wireless Ethernet Adapter is a perfect alternative to pulling cables if you have a wireless WiFi network — or want to create one.… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Wayne Slavin
Free Wi-Fi Checks In… With Reservations
If the choice is between a nice hotel that offers free Wi-Fi-hotspot access and a nice hotel that charges for access, which will you choose? Obviously, all things being equal, free wins every time. But things aren’t always equal. A user survey recently found that a majority of hotel customers that have experienced free, but… Continue Reading
Mesh Wi-Fi Network Eases On-Site Debate Reporting
When members of the media begin filing into Gammage Auditorium at Arizona State University in Tempe to report on Wednesday night’s presidential debate, they’ll find a new broadband wireless service waiting for them. And in fact, this service has been up and running for them for the past couple of days, so they can file… Continue Reading
Consumer Vendors Boost Multimedia Support
Thanks to Microsoft’s new Windows XP Media Center Software Edition 2005 and a small battalion of new compatible products announced today from industry leaders Linksys , D-Link , and Netgear , there’s never been a better time to just stay home. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Symbol Joins WiMax Wireless Broadband Group
Symbol Technologies announced Wednesday that it has joined the WiMax Forum, an industry group promoting the development of a wireless broadband technology based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.16-2004 standard. The group will test and certify wireless broadband equipment for interoperability in hopes of driving down the cost of gear and making… Continue Reading
SBC To Use WiFi Network To Extend Cingular Reach
SBC Communications Inc. will use its growing roster of public Wi-Fi access points as a springboard for Cingular Wireless services, including advanced phones and voice services using Internet technology. Via [reuters.co.uk]… Continue Reading
WanderPod Brings Wi-Fi Anywhere
Dennis Stacey had one of the best seats at the Ansari X Prize launches, right alongside the taxiway where Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipOne rolled out to make history earlier this month. But the Montreal entrepreneur was at California’s Mojave Airport not to catch a space launch, but to prove that he can bring internet access to… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Alliance Tough Talk Is Good News
Aggressive marketing can poison the market – so the Wi-Fi Alliance’s tough stance will benefit us all. Via [comment.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Agere Quits Standalone 802.11 Chips
Agere has announced it is pulling out of standalone 802.11 wireless chipsets, including silicon for the incipient 802.11n standard. Via [electronicsweekly.com]… Continue Reading
Nomadix Claims Largest Wi-Fi Footprint
Wi-Fi hotspot interconnection developer Nomadix claims a new roaming program gives it the world’s largest public access footprint. Dubbed NIS Roaming, the service aggregates more than 4,000 venues operated by carriers, wireless ISPs and service providers. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Successor Called High-Speed Hype, For Now
At virtually every turn, Intel Corp. executives are heaping praise on an emerging long-range wireless technology known as WiMAX, which can blanket entire cities with high-speed Internet access. Via [reuters.com]… Continue Reading
WLAN And VoIP: A Match Made In Heaven?
Both wireless LAN (WLAN) and VoIP technology are quickly maturing, but mix them together and problems can cascade. The two technologies are hardly meant for each other, but with enough effort and expertise, they can work well together. Via [searchnetworking.techtarget.com]… Continue Reading
Pre-certified 802.11n Vendors Risk Red Card
Having seen vendors disappoint customers with pre-certified 802.11g kit that didn’t do the job, the Wi-Fi Alliance has announced tighter rules for 802.11n. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Alliance Puts Limits On ‘Pre-n’ Equipment
The Wi-Fi Alliance stressed Monday that it will not support pre-standard 802.11n equipment and may, under certain circumstances, revoke existing certification of WLAN equipment that deploys so-called “pre-N” technology. Via [crn.com]… Continue Reading
When Wi-Fi Will Drive
The future was supposed to have flying bubble cars. That’s what they promised us, and frankly we are pretty disappointed. Nonetheless, “talking” cars are a close second, and they may be here sooner than we think. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading