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12 Sly Web Tricks That Put You in Control
Aug. 27, 2008
So it's Friday afternoon, the weekend is just around the corner, and you're up to no good. Rather than waste your time turning monitors upside down around the office, why not update your tech arsenal? If you have a ...

IEEE standardizes fast Wi-Fi roaming
Aug. 27, 2008
The IEEE has completed 802.11r, a standard that lets Wi-Fi devices roam quickly between access points, improving the performance of VoIP on enterprise LANs.

20 crazy things people do to get Wi-Fi connections
Aug. 20, 2008
In their quest to get Wi-Fi Internet connectivity, people have done some pretty desperate things over the years.

Wi-Fi wants to be free, but not all businesses agree
Aug. 19, 2008
There's been an explosion in growth of Wi-Fi hotspots during the last several years. Best-guess estimates range from 33,000 WLAN hotspots worldwide to more than 250,000 at present. (That's mainly because service ...

Wi-Fi tweaks for speed freaks
Aug. 19, 2008
One thing you can depend on these days is that the claims made for wireless routers, like 300Mbps throughput and 1,000-foot range, are nothing more than digital pipe dreams. The plain and simple truth is that these ...

HP buys wireless network infrastructure company
Aug. 11, 2008
Hewlett-Packard said on Monday it plans to buy Colubris Networks, furthering the consolidation of wireless networking companies.

Covert operation floats network-sniffing balloon
Aug. 10, 2008
Rick Hill won't say where he launched his "wardriving" balloon on Friday, but he will tell you that it got a pretty good look at about 370 wireless networks, while scanning up and down the Las Vegas Strip.

Free Wi-Fi: Should Retailers Offer It to Customers?
Aug. 08, 2008
Wi-Fi hotspot service inside fast-food restaurants, coffee shops, book stores-and any other establishment with tables and chairs-has become a standard fare these days. But what isn't so standard is whether customers ...

Meru secures leaky wireless LANs
Jul. 29, 2008
Meru Networks is using Wi-Fi signals to "cloak" wireless LANs and make it impossible for hackers to decipher them outside the office building.

Motorola plans to buy AirDefense
Jul. 28, 2008
Motorola has agreed to acquire wireless LAN security vendor AirDefense for an undisclosed sum, adding to its arsenal of enterprise network products.

Wireless and mobile how-to's

Wireless Wizards - Our weekly wireless advice column.

Wireless Wizards
Feb. 20, 2008
Network World Fusion's exclusive weekly wireless how-to column.

About the Wireless Wizards
Jun. 12, 2003
Bios of the authors

About the Wireless Wizards
Jun. 12, 2003
Bios of the authors

Linux drivers for wireless network cards
Sep. 26, 2005
Where can I find Linux hardware drivers for my USB wireless network adapter?

File sharing on a wireless home network
Jun. 13, 2005
Because our DSL modem is already wireless, we have wireless access, but we want a file-sharing network. Can we do this without a router, or do I need to buy one? If I buy a wireless router, will it conflict with my ...

Wireless switch opinions

Enterprise WLANs: The kinder, gentler shakeout
Apr. 26, 2004
As wireless LAN start-up after WLAN start-up emerged to take on the enterprise over the past 18 months, observers realized that a few years down the line, they wouldn't all be around. There was simply a limit to the ...

Putting the 'enterprise' into wireless LANs
Apr. 12, 2004
As wireless LANs have rocketed into the consciousness of corporate managers in the past year or so, existing and prospective vendors in that space have been quick to point out how not to build a WLAN. Stay away, they ...

I need you! (For advice and guidance)
Apr. 12, 2004
There's an old proverb that you should never give advice unless asked. I'll leave you to ponder the wisdom of that adage while I ask for your advice - and your involvement. I'm working on two upcoming events where your ...

The buzz from Boston
Jul. 21, 2003
The fact that I could attend two trade shows in the same week certainly says something about what has been happening. Smaller is better seems to be the mantra these days. Shows that focus on specific technologies seem ...

Is Juniper out shopping?
Feb. 02, 2005
Ever since Cisco acquired wireless LAN switch maker Airespace three weeks ago, speculation has swirled about how router rival Juniper Networks might respond.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Dec. 08, 2005
LANs & WANs Dec. 12, 2005 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Network World, 12/08/05 Start a discussion Print article Comments (1) Print article GOOD: Battery boost Other stories on this topic Mobile broadband ...

Wireless networking
Jun. 04, 2001
My company is expanding and we're adding additional offices into an older building that we have been in for several years. Several areas of the building have solid concrete walls. Running wiring to these additional ...

More packets, more decodes
Nov. 12, 2001
As promised, this week we'll look at AiroPeek from WildPackets, a tool designed specifically for capturing, storing, analyzing and reporting on 802.11b wireless systems.

Is network innovation dead?
Oct. 18, 2004
Is there any innovation in the network marketplace anymore? There's a thundering silence as compared with a few short years ago, when every time you turned around there was a new protocol, a new product addressing unmet ...

Site surveys are still needed
Sep. 20, 2004
Site surveys are still a useful tool for risk management in enterprise wireless LAN deployments where business-critical applications such as wireless VoIP require carefully planned coverage and capacity.

Site surveys are no longer needed
Sep. 20, 2004
Site surveys have no relation to real-world performance. They're relics of a time when access points were expensive, so it made sense to optimize for coverage.

A unified WLAN approach is better than an overlay
May. 10, 2004
Adopting a unified strategy allows you to upgrade your edge switches using software while buying incremental hardware upgrades as needed to deal with future scalability and new application requirements.

Start-up looks to solve WLAN RF problems
May. 10, 2004
Some early wireless LAN users say their largest source of headaches is radio frequency problems, everything from interference to playing with radio locations to optimize performance. Start-up Propagate Networks hopes to ...

An overlay approach is better than using a unified WLAN
May. 10, 2004
An overlay results in no logical or physical changes to the wired LAN and is more secure, less disruptive and more cost-effective than the unified access approach.

The latest from the Cool Tools zone
Mar. 01, 2004
Mini-reviews of the Gateway DVD Recorder, ZyAir's B-220 Wireless LAN USB Stick and AVerMedia's TVBox 9

A walk on the WLAN wild side
Jan. 19, 2004
Among other things over the recent Christmas break, I read Michael Crichton's techno-thriller Prey about malevolent technology and also got involved in testing proprietary, high-speed wireless LANs. The former is (no ...

Will Wi-Max make Wi-Fi obsolete?
Jan. 12, 2004
What is Wi-Max? Is it going to make my investment in Wi-Fi obsolete?

RF prediction vs. site surveys
Jan. 05, 2004
What's the difference between an RF prediction and a site survey? Are different wireless LAN deployments better suited for one or the other?

Cisco, IBM win Silicon Valley Wi-Fi job
Sep. 11, 2006
Cisco, IBM and two partners have been awarded a contract to rollout a Wi-Fi mesh network to the 42 communities

Wi-Fi Alliance to begin 802.11n certification
Aug. 29, 2006
There's movement on the long-awaited 802.11n front, with the Wi-Fi Alliance saying it will begin certification without a full standard

Open Wi-Fi, a national risk
Aug. 22, 2005
We need to look at this issue in the bigger picture of national security. The bigger picture means that Smith is not guilty of anything and the owner of the unsecured Wi-Fi connection is definitely guilty. Guilty of ...

Straining the alphabet WLAN soup
Jun. 30, 2003
Just when you thought you had your wireless LAN strategy all mapped out, the IEEE's standards board ratified 802.11g, which ups the data rate of the popular 802.11b WLAN standard, and the FCC is proposing to more than ...

Wireless security not an oxymoron
Jun. 02, 2003
Wireless LANs became the industry's laughingstock when reports surfaced about "parking lot attacks" on corporate networks. Now, WLANs are shaping up as the battleground for enhanced security products that could lead the ...

Wireless shutdown problem
Apr. 28, 2003
Nutter helps a user who's having trouble shutting down this PC since installing a wireless card

Security and deployment obstacles to enterprisewide WLANs
Apr. 07, 2003
Until tools are available that will let network managers effectively deploy, secure and manage wireless LANs, 802.11 technology will continue to languish in the enterprise.

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