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Wi-Foo: The Secrets of Wireless Hacking review
Reviews People often fail to realise just how much extra risk installing a wireless access point adds to a network. This book reminds you: someone, entirely unknown to you, can point an antenna at your network from a car, sit on a nearby bench with a...
[October 28, 2004, 10:44]
Six basic tips for securing wireless networks
News The purpose of properly securing a wireless access point is to close off the network from outsiders who do not have authoristion to use your services. The service set identifier (SSID) is the identification string used by the wireless access point...
[December 9, 2002, 13:46]
Foolproof wireless VPN device launched
News Wireless networking company Aruba will soon begin selling the Remote Access Point, a product that it says will extend the corporate office network to the home. I give you an access point, you plug it into the DSL connection in at home and now I can...
[April 21, 2005, 16:40]
Wireless Host Monitor
Downloads This utility monitors the wireless hosts that are currently connected through an Apple Airport or Lucent RG-1000 wireless access point. Note that the list compiled by the access point seems to be somewhat variable, with hosts sometimes disappearing...
[October 6, 2003, 8:00]
HP ProCurve adds in 802.11n wireless
News HP ProCurve has launched an 802.11n Wi-Fi access point and has revitalised its wireless LAN range with products acquired through the recent purchase of Colubris Networks. The ProCurve MSM410, announced on Monday, is a single-radio 802.11n access...
[November 11, 2008, 17:18]
JoikuSpot Premium
Downloads You can use your mobile phone as a Wi-Fi internet access point for high speed 3G Internet connection. Multiple devices can share the same connection in parallel, but it is your choice if you allow sharing of your JoikuSpot internet access point.
[May 22, 2009, 4:02]
Motorola boosts indoor mobile coverage
News Motorola has developed a high-speed mobile access point that could provide much better network coverage indoors. Businesses in particular want convenience, with one device, one bill, one provider for all communication services, one contact point to...
[January 26, 2006, 14:35]
Wireless LAN Access Points as Links With Adaptive Bandwidth: Throughput and Feedback Control
White Papers The throughput of a Wireless LAN access point is an important parameter for QoS over wireless LANs. This paper builds on previous results in order to model wireless LAN access points as data communication links and parameterize the throughput of...
[January 20, 2006, 0:01]
Ashton Digital AirDash WRUB-2011i
Downloads Ashton Digital AirDash WRUB-2011i is designed to provide a complete wireless networking solution without using a traditional Access Point/Router. The AirDash Wireless USB Stick device turns your wired computer into a virtual access point and router...
[October 6, 2003, 8:00]
Google accused of bio-piracy
Talkback Whether or not genomic information is available for free or not is not the point - the important point is facilitating access to highly personal information without consent.when you download a document from the internet (via google) you have the...
[March 31, 2006, 0:34]
Tightly shod footprints toughen security
News And the primary entry in a WLAN for an intruder is, of course, the access point (AP). A network footprint is more or less a product of the access point deployment. In most cases, growth in wireless network footprints is a good thing, even a...
[August 24, 2004, 10:50]
Identity Deployment and Management in Wireless Mesh Networks
White Papers Mesh networking is an elegant and affordable technical solution for extending the range and the provisioning of services that are deployed in an infrastructured network behind an access point, such as a private network or even the Internet.
[December 2, 2009, 23:00]
Maps show UK fibre rollout plans
News The research firm Point Topic has published four maps showing the likely rollout of next-generation broadband access across the UK over the next few years. According to Point Topic, this map shows that BT's planned next-generation access (NGA...
[November 12, 2009, 15:20]
NetChaser
Downloads NetChaser allows you to quickly and easily find WiFi hotspots with your PalmOne WiFi equipped computer.NetChaser provides the following benefits:Main Screen Signal Strength Display Access Point SSID WEP Status Loss-of-Signal Time display Current...
[June 23, 2003, 8:00]
Proxim offers DIY Wi-Fi hot spot
News The AP-2500 combines Proxim's AP-2000 Wi-Fi access point with the Nomadix gateway software, which is commonly used to control access to public wireless LANs (WLANs). Nomadix is one of the leading gateway companies, whose products are usually...
[November 19, 2002, 14:05]
Probably blinding with MIMO both ends but marginal if LAN Card still 802.11g
Member Review The access point was simplest to get up and go (F5D7130uk) but didn't have the grunt to get up the stairs. Using the Access Point as a Range Extender helped but performance was inconsistent, security features must be disabled and the routers top...
[January 12, 2005, 15:28]
Broadband prices crash around the globe
News Broadband Internet access prices are plummeting as cable and DSL operators compete for subscribers and users get fed up with dial-up, according to a report published by broadband research group Point Topic.
[July 30, 2004, 16:05]
Windows Wi-Fi attack discovered
Talkback I postulated that “WiPhishing” occurs when a hacker sets up an access point to lure computers that are set to automatically connect to easily guessable SSIDs such as “Linksys”, “BTopenzone” or “dlink”.
[January 20, 2006, 9:34]
Wireless Driver
Downloads The Macintosh Wireless Driver from OrangeWare allows Mac OS X users, version 10.2 and newer, to use most 802.11a/b/g desktop and laptop cards with an Apple Airport access point, as well as any PC orientated access point.
[March 27, 2006, 8:00]
The FAQs about WLANs
News Often, these upgrades are free and just need a flash upgrade to your access point and interface cards, but there can be compatibility issues. You'll need an interface card per connected PC, and if you want to work with a wired network or broadband...
[November 22, 2002, 19:44]
