Communications equipment maker Proxim became the latest company to sell high-powered Wi-Fi networks that travel long distances, essentially providing buyers with an “ISP in a box,” the company’s Chief Executive, Jonathan Zakin, said this week.… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Chipsets
Intersil Claims First Dual-Band Chipset For 802.11 Trio
Intersil Corp. today laid claim to the first two-chip, dual-band wireless LAN chipset for 802.11a, b and g. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi To Climb Aboard Modems
Wi-Fi chips for wireless home networks will be moving in with a roommate: broadband modems. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Qualcomm Considers Wi-Fi Phones
Months after the CEO of cell phone giant Qualcomm downplayed the importance of Wi-Fi to next-gen wireless networks, the company has become the latest cellular vendor embracing 802.11. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Chips Take Their First Steps
Some of the first integrated circuits that create a wireless network using the very powerful, and controversial, ultrawideband wireless technique are on their way for testing by device makers. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless To Get Faster, More Secure
Atheros Communications on Monday began shipping the first silicon chip that uses a new wireless networking standard known as 802.11g. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
The BIG Question: 802.11a Or 802.11b?
There’s no doubt that the most widely available and implemented wireless LANs today comply with the 802.11b standard. The recent availability of 802.11a radio cards and access points, however, introduces what is becoming another mainstream wireless LAN solution. If you’re planning the deployment of a wireless LAN, you now face making a decision on which… Continue Reading
Industry First 802.11g Chip Set Announced
Intersil Corporation today announced the industry’s first chip set designed to support the IEEE 802.11g draft standard. The Intersil PRISM GT chip set, operating in the 2.4 Ghz band, will enable data transmission speeds of up to 54 Mbps with backwards compatibility to 802.11b infrastructures. This news comes roughly two and a half months after… Continue Reading
Why Built-in WiFi’s Not Necessarily A Good Thing
Despite my feelings about who will find Tablet PCs to be really useful, I’ve decided to try using one as my main system. The Tablet PC I’ll be testing is a prototype of Acer’s 700MHz mobile Pentium III-based TravelMate 100. But the fact that it has built-in support for 802.11b-based wireless Ethernet–as all tablets should–means… Continue Reading