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Networking Standard Gets Windows Storage Boost
News In a boost for the emerging iSCSI networking standard, more than a dozen storage hardware companies have proven that their iSCSI-based products work with Microsoft's Windows. ISCSI (pronounced eye-scuzzy) is an Internet Protocol-based standard for...
[November 19, 2003, 13:35]
Faster Wi-Fi Spec Suggested
News A consortium of networking companies has readied its proposal for the next wireless networking standard, as battle lines are drawn between rival groups. The group, calling itself WWiSE (short for World Wide Spectrum Efficiency), on Thursday...
[August 13, 2004, 10:40]
Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b) And Bluetooth Coexistence Issues And Solutions For The 2.4 GHz ISM Band
White Papers This white paper presents information related to the IEEE 802.11b Wireless Local Area Networking Standard (Wi-Fi) and the Bluetooth Wireless Personal Area Networking Standard. Both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth products utilize the unlicensed 2.4 GHz ISM band.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
ZigBee Fills The Bluetooth Gap
White Papers The industry is calling for a standard of networking that is both wireless and can offer communication between devices, be it sensory information, data acquisition or control applications. ZigBee protocol is setting a new standard for low-power...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
IDF: Intel's Tri-mode Future For Wireless Networking
News Intel is dedicated to making wireless networking a standard part of PC and other platforms, according to Taizoon Doctor, general manager of Intel's Mobile Communications Division, and the company wants to make it as ubiquitous a part of new...
[February 27, 2002, 10:07]
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. We want to build upon the core technology and add special features to better support specific...
[August 17, 2004, 15:50]
Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b) And Bluetooth: Coexistence Issues And Solutions For The 2.4 GHz ISM Band
White Papers This white paper presents information related to the IEEE 802.11b Wireless Local Area Networking standard (Wi-Fi) and the Bluetooth Wireless Personal Area Networking standard. Both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth products utilize the unlicensed 2.4 GHz ISM band.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Alliance Builds Phone-based Home Network Without Microsoft
News The Home Phoneline Networking Alliance -- made up of IBM, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, AMD, AT&T, Lucent, 3Com, and Rockwell -- is working on a new networking standard that uses standard telephone lines to link computers within the home and to...
[June 29, 1998, 7:52]
Microsoft Updates Windows To Support New Standard
News Microsoft on Monday released an update to its Windows operating system to add support for the emerging iSCSI storage-networking standard. Although iSCSI is still in its infancy, some analysts believe the technology will eventually grab a large...
[July 1, 2003, 8:26]
802.11 White Paper: Coexistence Issues - Wi-Fi™ (IEEE 802.11b) And Bluetooth™
White Papers Both the IEEE 802.11b Wireless Local Area networking standard (marketed as Wi-Fi) and the Bluetooth Personal Area networking standard utilize the unlicensed 2.4GHz ISM band. For this reason, the potential for interference exists, and coexistence...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Linksys Releases Dual-band Wi-Fi Card
News Linksys's Wireless Dual Band A+G Wireless PC Card for notebook computers supports not only 802.11b -- the prevailing IEEE standard for wireless networking -- but its newer cousins 802.11a, which sacrifices bandwidth for range, and 802.11g, which...
[March 6, 2003, 7:36]
Ruckus Mixes Meshing With 802.11n
News Ruckus Wireless has unveiled equipment for enterprises that combines the high-speed 802.11n Wi-Fi standard with mesh-networking technology. Mesh networking involves Wi-Fi access points that can intelligently network among themselves and...
[April 21, 2008, 17:42]
Storage Technology Clears Key Hurdle
News A technology that promises to bridge the worlds of data storage and networking has passed a key point on its path to becoming a usable standard. The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) subgroup that led the creation of the technology...
[September 6, 2002, 9:05]
Proxim's Farallon Buy Is A Good Fit
News Proxim announced Monday that it has acquired Farallon Communications, a longtime networking developer for Macs and Intel-standard PCs. Farallon's product line includes HomeLine, a home-networking system using standard phone outlets and the SkyLine...
[June 20, 2000, 12:36]
Overview Of The WPA Wireless Security Update In Windows XP
White Papers The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11i wireless networking standard specifies improvements to wireless Local Area Networking (LAN) security. The 802.11i standard is currently in draft form, with ratification due at the...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Chipmaker Gets A Jump On Safer Wireless
News American company Altheros Communications has begun shipping the first chipset to run part of the new 802.11g fast wireless LAN standard.g is a faster and more secure version of the more familiar wireless networking equipment used in a growing...
[March 12, 2002, 17:09]
Risks And Opportunities In ASIC Design
White Papers The use of standard silicon building blocks is increasing in the networking and communications industry. In creating these ASICs, the demanding requirements of networking and communication applications typically require the use of 0.18- or 0.13...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Introducing The High-Speed Wireless Network
White Papers This paper provides an overview of the important features and benefits that make the new 802.11a wireless standard ideal for high-speed networking. 802.11a is a high bandwidth wireless networking option, which can be easily implemented in many...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
IEEE 802.11 Tutorial
White Papers Approval of the IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless local area networking (WLAN) and rapid progress made toward higher data rates have put the promise of truly mobile computing within reach. While wired LANs have been a mainstream technology for at...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
WiMax Is Coming, And It's Going To Be Big
White Papers WiMax, an evolving standard for point-to-multipoint wireless networking, is poised to do for the last mile of broadband what Wi-Fi has done for the last 100 feet of networking. The IEEE 802.16 standard addresses frequencies from 10GHz to 66GHz...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
