Considering all the buzz these days about WiMax, you’d think the forthcoming wireless broadband technology would face no competition once it arrives next year. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Implementing Wi-Fi Multicast Solutions
Most wireless applications make use of unicast packets for transporting information directly from one point to another. For example, an interaction with the Internet makes use of unicast packets when you browse the Web or synchronize email. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
T-Mobile Inks Wi-Fi Roaming Pacts
T-Mobile has struck a deal with six international wireless operators to simplify roaming and billing for travelers using Wi-Fi abroad, the company said Wednesday. Via [internetnews.com]… Continue Reading
ZigBee Spec Due Before Year’s End
The ZigBee Alliance is set to ratify its specification later this quarter, complete with support for mesh networking as well as security provisions. Via [extremetech.com]… Continue Reading
Cisco Unveils Dual-Band APs, Beefs Up Security
Cisco Systems Wednesday unveiled a line of enterprise-grade multi-band wireless access points that include beefed up security. It also said it is adding intrusion detection capabilities for its entire Structured Wireless-Aware Network (SWAN) wireless LAN framework. Via [crn.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities Found In Public, Private Sectors
Although concrete barricades block physical access to many roads and buildings throughout the Washington, D.C., region, a Federal Computer Week team discovered that information and systems at many defense and civilian agencies are left exposed through wireless networks. Via [usatoday.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Net To Cover Downtown Seattle
A high-speed wireless network that covers most of downtown Seattle is being rolled out by Internet service provider Speakeasy. Via [seattlepi.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading
What WiMAX Might Be
Nigel Ballard, Wi-Fi guru on his Web site and wireless director for Matrix Networks of Portland Oregon, had a nuanced message for attendees at ISPCON. Drawing on his experience with the WiMAX Forum, he described his hopes for a technology that he feels can solve the well-known flaws in Wi-Fi. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless USB Standard Pledged By Year’s End
The wireless replacement for USB, ultra wide-band (UWB), will be ready by late December and without the formal approval of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a leading group promoting the revolutionary technology has promised. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
Is 1Gbps Wi-Fi On The Horizon?
Could the lowly 802.11b become a 99Mbps speed-demon? How about 802.11a breaking the 1Gbps barrier? Difficult to imagine? Israel-based Extricom says its possible—if Wi-Fi would just stop interfering. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
FCC Further Deregulates Net Calls
The nation’s top telephone regulators on Tuesday further deregulated Internet phone services. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Vonage And Linksys Now Offering Bundle
Vonage and Linksys have announced the availability of a Wireless-G Broadband Router with 2 phone ports bundled with Vonage’s service.… Continue Reading
Internet Calling May Go Wireless As Cellphone Firms Seek To Tap In
A decision by the Federal Communications Commission today to solidify the exemption of Internet calling from certain regulations could also cause tumult in the cellphone industry. Via [online.wsj.com]… Continue Reading
CSR’s Multi-Wi-Fi Chip Targets Electronics Devices
Cambridge Silicon Radio’s first non-Bluetooth chips aim to get Wi-Fi into kit such as mobile phones and media players. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wireless Firms Play Fast And Loose
Like it or not, standards are what enable the IT industry, and networking in particular, to flourish. But it takes time to agree standards and there will always be vendors wanting to bring products to market ahead of those agreements, as is happening now with the 802.11n wireless specification. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading