Disney World is using wireless technology to provide captioning and translation services so more people can feel a part of what is, after all, a small world. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Using Xircom Wireless On A College Campus
Have you ever looked out the window on a beautiful, sunny day and thought you’d rather be working under that nice shady tree, instead of sitting there in a stuffy office? As a network specialist with a small, local college and a member of the working group to bring 802.11b Ethernet wireless to our campus,… Continue Reading
Boingo Or Splat?
Boingo Wireless has gotten a lot of news lately about their new business venture. They promise one source for access to a number of IEEE 802.11b wireless systems. To fulfill this, they offer a free client from their website which supposedly sports a NetStumbler-like mechanism to find access points, a database of known access points… Continue Reading
Kismet Released
Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic. Via [kismetwireless.net]… Continue Reading
Driveby Hacking On The Go
How did Frank Keeney, a California-based security consultant and war driving convert, spend his recent vacation? With his wife and kids along for the ride, Keeney used a laptop, rigged up in the back of his SUV, to map access points to home and corporate wireless LANs all the way from Pasadena to San Francisco.… Continue Reading
Communal Broadband
Sharing high-speed Internet access via wireless networks is growing in popularity, but some liken it to stealing cable TV. Via [g4techtv.com]… Continue Reading
HP’s 802.11b Products Ship
Hewlett-Packard Company announced several new mobile and wireless products today, including the new HP Pavilion zt1000 notebook PC series with optional embedded 802.11b or Bluetooth wireless capabilities. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
New 2.4Ghz Spec Offering 55Mbit Throughput
The 802.15 camp (Bluetooth) has just drafted a 2.4-GHz specification that offers 55-Mbit/second throughput for Multimedia use in the home (WPAN). They promise all the speed of IEEE 802.11a, quality of service, security and the (heh-hem) low price of Blue Tooth. They claim a range of 100 feet. Its intended use is to replace the… Continue Reading
Security Overhaul For Wireless Networks
The security of wireless networks is getting a make-over in an attempt to secure them from drive-by hacking attacks. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]… Continue Reading
The Year Ahead: The Year Of Bluetooth?
Bluetooth has suffered one of the most drawn-out launches of any technology in history, but with devices now appearing on the shelves, its time just might have come. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
The Year Ahead: Will Wireless Revive The PDA Market?
Shipments of handheld computers fell throughout 2001. 2002 looks like another lean year: only wireless technologies will boost sales, say analysts. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Cruising The High Seas Wirelessly
Royal Caribbean has built all kinds of computing gear into the ship. The various technologies provide passengers and crew with a wireless satellite connection to the Internet. There’s also an on-board network, and the cruise line is working on the introduction of handheld computers on the high seas. Via [cyberwalker.net]… Continue Reading
Breaker, Breaker… Have You Stumbled Into A Truckstop Lately?
Truckstops are being outfitted by SiriCOMM to provide 802.11b access to wirelessly send and recieve e-mail, get updated road conditions, check news and weather, maintain electronic logbooks and electronically exchange freight bills with the company, shippers and consignees — all from the comfort from their trucks in the lot.… Continue Reading
Improving WLAN Security
Over the past year, much has been written about the vulnerabilities of 802.11b wireless LANs. Researchers from AT&T Labs, UC Berkeley, Intel, and University of Maryland have identified holes in Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) that let attackers learn the keys used to encrypt 802.11b traffic. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Wrap-up: Carriers Moving To 3G Alternative In 2002
The Wireless Strategies to stimulate the adoption of mobile data among enterprises that were hatched in the boardrooms of major telecommunications carriers in 2001 are likely to take hold in 2002. Via [infoworld.com]… Continue Reading