Aruba Warns Against 802.11n Deployments
News Wireless LAN vendor Aruba Networks has warned enterprises against deploying the latest generation of Wi-Fi equipment until a number of issues have been ironed out. Many vendors are producing wireless LAN equipment based on the draft 802.11n...
[October 18, 2007, 10:47]
Wireless Deployment At Enterprise Level
News Wireless deployment at enterprise level is a very different matter from wireless on a smaller scale, which will usually involve deploying a single or a few WAPs throughout an organisation. This feature will look at how wireless can scale up to the...
[September 14, 2006, 15:40]
Belkin Does Deal With Airgo For Wi-Fi Speed
News Peripherals maker Belkin will use Airgo Networks' wireless-networking technology in some of its consumer Wi-Fi products, as it looks to give customers what they want: more speed. The companies will announce the deal on Monday; terms were not...
[August 9, 2004, 9:05]
Rival Wi-Fi Standard Claims More Speed
News A second group of companies has submitted a proposal for the next wireless networking standard -- this one aiming to quadruple data transfer speeds. TGn Sync announced on Monday that, like rival consortium WWiSE, it has filed a presentation...
[August 17, 2004, 15:50]
Linksys Soups-up Wi-Fi Offering
News Networking gear maker Linksys is incorporating a new technology that expands the range of its Wi-Fi products up to three times and the speed up to eight times, according to the company. Linksys, a division of networking giant Cisco, announced on...
[January 5, 2005, 8:55]
Intel Confirms Tri-Wi-Fi Chip
News Intel on Thursday announced a component that's compatible with all Wi-Fi standards, which will let the chipmaker reach the full audience of individuals who want to wirelessly connect to local area networks.
[August 27, 2004, 8:20]
The Long And Winding Road To Wi-Fi 2.0
News A major upgrade has arrived for Wi-Fi that massively boosts speed and range while all but doing away with interference problems. The technology is called MIMO, and is already making its way into homes and small businesses.
[October 17, 2005, 15:30]
Cisco Launches Draft Wi-Fi Kit
News Cisco has unveiled what it claims is the first certified 802.11n Draft 2.0 access point. The Aironet 1250 series access point (AP) is the only commercially available product to have been part of the Wi-Fi Alliance's testbed of Draft 2.0 products.
[September 5, 2007, 13:42]
High-speed Wi-Fi Raises Early Concerns
News The new high-speed Wi-Fi standard, 802.11n, has been controversial to say the least. Although the standard is only due to be ratified in 2009, a plethora of 802.11n-based products is already on the market, leading the Wi-Fi Alliance to start...
[June 12, 2007, 11:17]
Hotspot Providers Ignoring 802.11n Wi-Fi
News Notebook users have not being showing much interest in the latest iteration of Wi-Fi, according to the remote connectivity firm iPass. Speaking to ZDNet.co.uk on Thursday, the company's director of global product marketing, Piero De Paoli, 802.11n...
[November 2, 2007, 14:42]
Wi-Fi Alliance Defends Early Certification
News The managing director of the Wi-Fi Alliance has defended his organisation's decision to start certifying draft 802.11n equipment before the standard is finalised.n is the latest iteration of Wi-Fi, promising higher throughput, range and bandwidth...
[June 20, 2007, 12:26]
Aruba Releases 802.11n Wi-Fi Kit
News Aruba Networks has released its first products that utilise the latest generation of Wi-Fi technology, 802.11n. Products that are based on 802.11n will initially offer theoretical data throughput of 300Mbps: far greater than the preceding...
[November 5, 2007, 15:08]
N-triguing Wireless Results
Blog Wireless networking kit based on the draft 802.11n specification has been available for a while, and we've now performed some throughput tests on a range of products built around different chipsets. This is important, because until the standard is...
[November 20, 2006, 15:20]
More Witless Than Wireless
Leader If you want to ensure that your new technology is a success, you need to follow a few simple rules. You need a big market, so agree standards with everyone. You need to work quickly and efficiently, before the next Next Big Thing comes along.
[January 23, 2006, 15:35]
Intel Ready For Upswing
News It's been a tough haul for the technology industry, but the good times will return, according to an Intel executive speaking at a trade show that has seen its own share of difficulty. Sources of optimism for Intel include wireless technology...
[September 23, 2003, 11:55]
Samsung To Embed Faster Wi-Fi Tech
News Samsung is set to announce on Wednesday that it will be the first laptop maker to incorporate new technology that greatly expands the range of Wi-Fi access and increases performance. Samsung is embedding chips from start-up Airgo Networks that use...
[June 1, 2005, 9:15]
802.11g Approved, 802.11n Is Next In Line
News The cycle of increasing throughput in the wireless networking industry continued on Thursday as a standards body approved a new specification and began work on another spec that promises to lead to even higher data-transmission speeds.
[June 13, 2003, 10:49]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Wednesday 25/02/2004The irresistible rise of the wireless network is getting faster, in all sorts of ways. Sales of the 54Mbps 802.11g standard is likely to outpace 802.11b's slowpoke 10Mbps for the first time this year, says a report , while...
[February 27, 2004, 16:05]
Pre-standard Wi-Fi Products To Be Certified
News The Wi-Fi Alliance plans to begin certifying next-generation Wi-Fi products starting in 2007 before the 802.11n standard is fully complete, a decision that should ease consumers' concerns about buying pre-standard products.
[August 29, 2006, 16:05]
Redmond Seeks Wireless Upgrade
News When Microsoft began installing its campuswide wireless network five years ago, it was something of a pioneer. Microsofties scooped up the Net capabilities and soon everyone was surfing the Web during meetings.
[December 10, 2004, 11:55]
