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Resiliency in Local Area Networks (LAN's)
White Papers A Local-Area Network (LAN) allows businesses to share resources efficiently and thus makes the internal communications of a business possible. This enables the internal structure of the business to share files, printers and other resources.
[December 6, 2007, 0:01]
Deploying Windows Server 2003 Internet Authentication Service (IAS) With Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)
White Papers This white paper describes how to configure remote access policy in Internet Authentication Service (IAS) for use with virtual local area networks (VLANs). When you configure the profile of an IAS remote access policy for use with VLANs, you must...
[July 20, 2004, 3:00]
An Evaluation of the Performance of IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g Wireless Local Area Networks in a Corporate Office Environment
White Papers In recent years there has been considerable interest in the development of standards for Wireless Local Area Networks. In particular, IEEE's 802.11 standard has now been extended to a family of WLAN standards.a and 802.11g both employ Coded...
[February 10, 2006, 0:01]
Fault-Tolerant Switched Local Area Networks
White Papers The RAIN (Reliable Array of Independent Nodes) project at Caltech is focusing on creating highly reliable distributed systems by leveraging commercially available personal computers, workstations and interconnect technologies.
[January 9, 2008, 0:01]
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Security
White Papers This webcast examines WLAN security issues. Authentication, encryption, intrusion detection and network monitoring are obvious considerations, but changing business conditions, standards, and government regulations also need to be evaluated by IT...
[February 21, 2006, 23:00]
TCP Dynamics in 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks
White Papers In 802.11 wireless links with disabled MAC retries, data and ACK packets within a TCP session collide resulting in packet losses. This paper shows that in this situation, certain popular optimizations of TCP (fast-recovery) worsen the performance...
[December 20, 2007, 0:01]
History of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) in the Unlicensed Bands
White Papers A brief history of the development of WLAN standards and products is presented in the context of explaining how unlicensed spectrum regulations by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have affected the industry.
[April 22, 2009, 1:24]
Broadband campaigners get free Web sites
News People desperate to bring broadband to their local area may be interested in an offer from Eclipse Internet -- a free Web site for them to run a campaign from. This new initiative has the potential to help drive local campaigns towards the ultimate...
[May 15, 2003, 17:12]
Collaborative Downloading for Multi-Homed Wireless Devices
White Papers Mobile devices are increasingly equipped with multiple network interfaces: Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) interfaces for local connectivity and Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) interfaces for wide-area connectivity.
[May 24, 2007, 1:00]
Establishing Wireless Robust Security Networks: A Guide to IEEE 802.11i
White Papers A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) enables access to computing resources for devices that are not physically connected to a network. WLANs typically operate over a fairly limited range, such as an office building or building campus, and usually...
[October 1, 2008, 1:01]
Metropolitan Ethernet Network: A Move From LAN to MAN
White Papers Ethernet has been the indisputable technology of choice for the Local Area Networks (LANs) for more than 30 years. Despite these improvements, Ethernet is still restricted to local area networks, and is not ready to become a carrier grade...
[July 18, 2008, 1:01]
Findings From the 'Client Inquiry': VLAN Separation Is Not Security Separation
White Papers A virtual local-area network is an acceptable component of an Internet demilitarized zone, but VLANs alone do not create a true DMZ. The success of server virtualization has led many enterprises to expand network virtualization deployments...
[October 5, 2009, 0:00]
D-Link Web Smart Web Switch Solutions for Small and Medium Businesses
White Papers As bandwidth-intensive applications continue to crowd into local and wide-area networks, switch technology has been changing to As bandwidth-intensive applications continue to crowd into local and wide-area networks, switch technology has been...
[February 14, 2009, 0:24]
HP plans a wireless WAN
News While most of HP's mobile computers can connect to wireless local area networks inside buildings, the new partnership intends to ensure that companies can provide Internet access when a worker steps outside a building, travelling out of range of...
[March 17, 2003, 15:15]
Area Codes and Zip Codes
Downloads All ZIP codes and cities located in the given area code are also displayed with the current local time. When a ZIP code is entered, city, county, state, area code, and current local time are displayed.
[June 3, 2009, 10:28]
Ethernet takes a step towards service providers
News In order to become the ubiquitous local area network (LAN) standard that it is, Ethernet has had to see off several competitors, including token ring, ATM-on-the-LAN and FDDI. It now has an unrivalled position on company's local area networks (LANs).
[March 6, 2003, 14:34]
London council goes wireless
News As part of a national project sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Lewisham and its supplier BT have provided a Wi-Fi (wireless local area network) template for other councils to follow, it announced on Friday.
[September 10, 2004, 15:25]
Trailblazing rural customers get their broadband
News In September, Todmorden became the first part of the UK to achieve the level of consumer demand for broadband needed for BT to upgrade the area's local exchange, when 200 local residents expressed their interest via BT's broadband registration...
[November 12, 2002, 12:08]
First success for BT's broadband demand tracker
News Broadband Britain took a step forward on Monday as Todmorden, in Yorkshire, became the first place in the UK to achieve the level of consumer demand for broadband needed for BT to upgrade the area's local exchange.
[September 9, 2002, 17:16]
Wi-Fi connections tipped to fly
News Wi-Fi, or wireless fidelity, which refers to wireless local area networks that use one of several 802.11 standards, will mainly grow in broadband-connected homes. Global penetration levels of home wireless local area networks (LANs are expected to...
[January 8, 2004, 13:55]
