Engineers from Cisco Systems Inc. and Intel Corp. are trying to kick off an effort to standardize mesh networks, one of the hottest new segments in wireless. The move comes as a handful of startups are hitting the market with proprietary mesh networking technologies embedded in their homegrown ASICs and software. Via [crn.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Network Security Concerns Dominate Wi-Fi Show
As a wireless conference and trade show winds down this week, dueling speakers at the show told audiences that wireless was both ready — and not so ready — for prime time in the enterprise. Via [techweb.com]… Continue Reading
The End Of The Wireless Access Point?
Despite today’s Wi-Fi Planet show hype, the Pctel plan to turn all wireless PCs into access points isn’t the only way of doing this: Cirond’s SoftAP bundle was announced in May, and that let you do it yourself. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Network To Bring Wireless Connections To D/FW
The purchase of a new wireless network will make Dallas/Fort Worth Airport the nation’s first major airport to offer clean wireless connections for both voice and data. Via [dfw.com]… Continue Reading
Law Firm Uses WiFi To Help Clients Feel At Home
In what it believes to be a first for the legal profession at least in Canada, law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP has enlisted a commercial wireless hotspot operator to provide WiFi Internet access for its clients in the reception areas, meeting rooms and guest offices of its Toronto facilities. Via [itbusiness.ca]… Continue Reading
Startup Bolts Smart Antennas To Existing WiFi Chip Sets
Startup Motia came out of stealth mode to announce its first product Tuesday (Dec. 2), an analog signal processing chip that brings smart antenna technology to 2.4-GHz wireless LAN cards and access points. The Stamford, Conn.-based company claims its Javelin chip can improve the gain of existing 802.11b and .11g signals by 6 to 18… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Abuzz In The Enterprise
This week’s Wi-Fi Planet Conference and Expo in San Jose will underscore what industry watchers have been saying for years: Wireless is a powerful technology and business asset. Via [siliconvalley.internet.com]… Continue Reading
Chipmaker Atheros Files For IPO
Wireless networking start-up Atheros Communications has filed for an initial public offering. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
T-Mobile Buys World’s Fourth Biggest Wi-Fi Provider
T-Mobile’s Austrian subsidiary has acquired Vienna-based Wi-Fi hotspot provider Metronet for an undisclosed sum. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi To Get Big Extensions
Several companies are readying WLAN hardware and software to address the security and management of remote networks, especially in larger enterprises. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi At The Speed Of Ethernet?
Just when you felt sure the fastest wireless networks move data at 54 megabits per second, Netgear introduces a wireless firewall router and PC Card that it says will transfer data at 108 mbps–speedier than 100-mbps ethernet. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
U.N. Hears From Wireless Experts
The security of wireless networks is of “critical concern,” according to a report presented to the United Nations on Monday. Via [wired.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Fields Wireless Desktop Hub
Intel is building into a forthcoming microchip an ability to let desktop computers act as a hub in home and office wireless networks, taking aim at the market for stand-alone wireless access points. Via [wired.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Arrest Highlights Security Dangers
Wireless security for home networks is in the spotlight following an unusual arrest in Canada, where a man stands accused of downloading child pornography over a hijacked Wi-Fi connection. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
802.11g Offers Faster Transfer But Not Without Bottlenecks
Is 802.11g really better than 802.11b? In one respect, it is. Networks using the IEEE 802.11g wireless standard can, in theory, transmit content at a rate of 54 Mbps. 802.11b networks, on the other hand, have a maximum bandwidth of only 11 Mbps. Via [itbusiness.ca]… Continue Reading