Today’s wireless networks are incredibly easy to set up and use—maybe too easy. Even when the most experienced PC users install Wi-Fi cards and access points, they don’t always take proper security measures, and many networks are left wide open to attack. Via [pcmag.com]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Commentary
Wi-Fi Purchasing Needs Better Control, Says Report
Although more and more businesses are buying wireless communications technology for their employees, that purchasing could be better managed, a research report out Monday states. Via [sanjose.bizjournals.com]… Continue Reading
Is There A Place For 802.11a?
I hear it all the time: “802.11g gives you the same throughput as 802.11a, so there is no reason to upgrade to 11a hardware.” But that statement doesn’t take into account a fundamental advantage of 802.11a: radio frequency diversity. Via [computerworld.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Security, Not Cost, Will Drive Business Take-up, Claims BT Wireless Chief
Cutting the price of Wi-Fi will not encourage more people to use it, claimed BT Group head of Wi-Fi Chris Clark. Via [computerweekly.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Device Market Starts To Throb, Swell
By 2008 there will be 176.8 million embedded wi-fi devices, according to a report from market research firm iSuppli. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading
What’s Holding Back Wi-Fi?
The potential of public wireless local area networks to ease the connection woes of mobile workers has been well documented but there are some very real obstacles that need to be overcome before theory can become fact. Via [insight.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Mesh: The Next Step For Wireless
Mesh technology allows new wireless networks to be created, or existing WLANs to be extended, without needing a wired connection to each base station. Via [insight.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Signals Turn Up In Some Unexpected Places
Anyone can get their kicks on Route 66 — but on Highway 101, you can get Wi-Fi in 77 places. Via [usatoday.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi In The Sky: The Boeing Connexion
As I sit here in an American Eagle commuter jet, flying from San Jose to Los Angeles and trying to write this column, one thing occurs to me: This Ferrari-branded notebook sure looks better when it isn’t solidly stuck in my stomach. The second thing that occurs to me is, I’ll probably never regain the… Continue Reading
Keep Out Of The Hot Seat With Hot Spots
From hot spots in McDonald’s to the newly proposed hot zones showing up in town squares in municipalities around the country, wireless access seems more and more pervasive – or at least the perception is that wireless is pervasive. In reality, CIOs, CSOs (Chief Security Officers) and network administrators are struggling to implement enterprise wireless… Continue Reading
IP Telephony And Wi-Fi Must Tie The Knot
Vendors should stop pushing IP telephony and Wi-Fi technology in isolation and put forward converged communication strategies instead. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
UK Firms Lack Wireless Strategy
Businesses are aware that there are significant advantages to going wireless but many are blundering in with their eyes closed, latest research as found. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
It’s Definitely Wi-Fi, But Is It Hi-Fi?
It didn’t seem that long ago that those running DIY home renovation projects would take the re-plastering as an opportunity to run speaker cable and then category 5 networking cable from room to room. Those days could be long gone, and not just because of the sprawl across suburbia of house design TV programmes promoting… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Marketing’s Favorite Numbers
The last couple of weeks have seen another avalanche of announcements about higher-speed Wi-Fi. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Report: WiMax To Lead Broadband Wireless Market
Broadband wireless services will gradually challenge wired versions, and industry support is coalescing behind WiMax to be the leading technology, according to a report. Via [zdnet.com.com]… Continue Reading