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
Security-conscious Groups Ban Wi-Fi
This month, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California banned all wireless networks, including the most prevalent, Wi-Fi, from its grounds due to “security vulnerabilities,” directors said in a newsletter. Other entities that handle sensitive data are implementing or considering similar bans. And airlines are coming under fire for using Wi-Fi in curbside baggage check-in systems.… Continue Reading
Wireless Workplaces Asking For Trouble
Corporations across America are opening their doors to hackers when they set up wireless networks–or when their employees set them up behind their backs. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Apple Co-founder To Tackle Wireless Market
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer and organizer of the first US festival has announced today the founding of a new company called the Wheel of Zeus, or wOz. Wozniak said wOz had secured $6 million for his startup.… Continue Reading
Wireless Insecurities
It’s a sight that would make any sales manager proud: your company’s top sales rep is dutifully e-mailing detailed reports on the day’s activities over a public wireless 802.11b network as he waits for his lunch across the street from the office. But would your sales manager be quite so happy if she knew the… Continue Reading
Wireless Ushered Into War On Terrorism
Wireless companies are enlisting in America’s war on terrorism, and now that billions of dollars are available for “homeland security,” officials are welcoming them into battle. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Best Practices For Wireless Fidelity (802.11b) Network Vulnerabilities
The deployment of wireless networking systems is proceeding rapidly. Advancements in the technology and reduction in the cost of ownership have converged such that wireless systems are becoming a measurable part of the national information infrastructure. The growth in sales booked and sales projected indicate that it qualifies as a technology mega-trend. Along with their… Continue Reading
Proxim And Western Multiplex Agree To Merge
Proxim Inc. and Western Multiplex Corp. have agreed to combine their companies, bringing Proxim’s wireless LAN expertise under the same roof as Western Multiplex’s fixed broadband wireless access and backhaul technologies. The combined company, which will retain the Proxim name, will have an end-to-end wireless networking solution for enterprise LANs, campus networking, last-mile access and… Continue Reading
AT&T Broadband Commits To Home Networking
AT&T unit AT&T Broadband may have been dealt to Comcast, but while it is still under the AT&T umbrella, the company is following in its parent’s footsteps with a move to support home networking technology. Via [internetnews.com]… Continue Reading
Threat Of “Drive-by Hacking” A Myth
The threat of wireless hacking has been greatly exaggerated, according to a top security expert at Computer Associates. Via [software.silicon.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless LANs: Trouble In The Air
As the airline industry scrambles to meet a Jan. 18 deadline to screen every checked bag for explosives, security experts, analysts and government officials are raising serious concerns about the security of wireless technology that’s integral to the effort. Via [computerworld.com]… Continue Reading
Enhancement To 802.11 Technology In Testing
MeshNetworks, Inc. announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted an experimental license for demonstrations nationally in both the 2.4 MHz and 5.7 MHz bands. The FCC’s action enables MeshNetworks to conduct large-scale demonstrations of its mobile ad hoc peer-to-peer broadband technology. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
WLAN Security Survey Shows Skills Deficit
Information Security magazine, a division of TruSecure Corp., yesterday revealed the results of a study of WLAN security that it published in its January, 2002 issue. The results were well in line with the industry’s current hyperfocus on 802.11 security. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
802.11b And 3G Synergies For 2002
If 2001 was a year of economic slowdown, retreat from technology and hunkering down, 2002 will be a time of sorting out. Wireless services will seek out new markets, embattled mobile companies will stem a tide of losses and new technologies introduced will begin to flourish — or fail. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Mesh Networks – A DiSrUpTiVe Technology?
Mesh Networks, a wireless startup company in Maitland, FL is developing an alternative to 3G, that will carry data, voice and other multimedia streams. Their plan is to be disruptive as possible.… Continue Reading