Wireless LANs - Standards And Security
News Well, of course you can't literally hear RF waves, but wireless LANs (WLANs) are certainly being planted in IT networks from east to west. Over the past year, much has been written about the vulnerabilities of 802.11 wireless LANs.
[May 8, 2002, 9:42]
Sensitivity Of OFDM Based WLANs To Front-End Impairments
White Papers Multicarrier systems based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) are gaining popularity in high-speed broadband wireless networks such as IEEE 802.11a and IEEE 802.11g Wireless LANs. OFDM based systems have the advantage of...
[November 2, 2004, 2:00]
Light Weight Token For Authentication/Authorization For Mobile Wi-Fi Networks
White Papers Wireless LANs communicate by radio waves that travel between a WLAN client running on a laptop or other computing device and an access point, which links wireless users to a wired Ethernet network. The buzz word that is re-energizing a struggling...
[June 16, 2006, 1:00]
Voice Over An OFDM Based Wireless LAN
White Papers It is argued that traditional "voice over IP" (VoIP) approaches are inefficient for wireless LANs in terms of system overheads, and that more recent proposals, such as the "5- UP" protocol, offer greater promise with the co-existence of OFDM, for...
[January 15, 2008, 4:03]
Netgear WG602 review
Reviews Unfortunately, the WG602 lacks the bridging capabilities found on Apple’s AirPort Extreme, which let you extend a network without Ethernet wiring or connect two wireless LANs. In other words, an access point lets you add wireless connectivity to an...
[April 28, 2003, 13:10]
Group Gives Nod To Faster Wireless
News High bandwidth LANs and Storage Area Networks are now in common use. The new standard is five times faster and compatible with wireless networking kits that use the popular 802.11b standard that is in use today.
[November 16, 2001, 14:12]
Forum: The Fate Of Wireless Security
News Wireless local area networks, or LANs, let anyone with a laptop and a modem get wireless Internet access from up to 300 feet away. Although wireless LANs operate through the 802.11 standard, there is an alphabet soup of versions of 802.11 that have...
[May 14, 2002, 9:46]
Intel Plans For Mobile Wireless Future
News Last month, Intel launched its delayed module, which integrates the Centrino laptop chipset with 802.11b and 802.11g wireless LANs, and is now moving on to simplifying WLAN authentication and to more advanced types of wireless access...
[February 19, 2004, 10:55]
Wi-Fi Vendors Begin 802.11g Upgrades
News Wireless LANs have exploded in popularity over the past few months, with equipment shipments totalling 19.5 million units in 2002, up from 8.9 million the previous year, according to new figures from Gartner.
[June 16, 2003, 12:01]
Wireless Voice Pioneer Finally Embraces 802.11g
News SpectraLink, the pioneer of wireless voice phone systems, has finally extended its capabilities to support high-speed wireless LANs. I expect that over time [such] phones will become the norm in most enterprises, replacing traditional desktop...
[January 4, 2007, 11:16]
Chipmaker Gets A Jump On Safer Wireless
News High bandwidth LANs and Storage Area Networks are now in common use. 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...
[March 12, 2002, 17:09]
Future Looks Bright For Wireless Networking
News High bandwidth LANs and Storage Area Networks are now in common use. The wireless networking market took off at the end of 2001, according to new research, as sagging prices improved shipments but pinched sales growth.
[February 28, 2002, 13:21]
Powerline Networking Charges Up
News High bandwidth LANs and Storage Area Networks are now in common use. Network gear makers are surging at the potential of powerline technology, as a complement to wireless products and as a differentiating feature for products that are increasingly...
[March 10, 2003, 10:57]
Chipmakers To Debut Low-power Wi-Fi
News The new chips are based on the 802.11b wireless networking standard and will target manufacturers of portable devices, such as cell phones, handhelds and digital cameras, according to sources close to the companies' plans.
[September 8, 2003, 12:15]
ROI, Security And Management: Three Necessities Of The WLAN
News Wireless connectivity offers many benefits: quick setup, untethered employees, networking flexibility, and relatively low costs. The issues become far more complex when a campus-wide WLAN is deployed, as opposed to creating a wireless network in a...
[March 24, 2003, 13:46]
