You can run, but you can’t hide. WiFi location tracking devices, whether external asset tags or embedded WiFi, use WiFi access points to determine the location of items such as laptops, scanners and phones. Interest in WiFi location tracking applications is growing, and is especially high for healthcare items such as wheelchairs and patient monitoring… Continue Reading
Netgear Jumpstarts 802.11n
Netgear has jumped on the ‘pre-n’ bandwagon and released their ‘NEXT’ line-up of products. Promising all the benefits of 802.11n technology now, rather than after the spec is ratified, is an attempt by Netgear to join Belkin and others in hedging their bets and hoping that their products will be upgradeable, or at least compatible… Continue Reading
WiMax Won’t Be Everywhere Anytime Soon
The WiMax revolution won’t be felt in the United States until at least 2008. Rural India seems to be the primary customer at the moment. Current WiMax standards operate on spectrum unavailable in the US and a replacement chunk of spectrum won’t be released for a few years. Until then, pre-certification public frequency gear is… Continue Reading
Kineto, Boingo Partner For Wi-Fi, Cellular Convergence
Kineto Wireless and Boingo have partnered to allow upcoming UMA based WiFi/cellular phones to work at Boingo hotspots. The idea is that UMA phones are being designed to use WiFi when a customer is at home or thier business, but now the phones will be able to use the higher bandwidth, and presumably cheaper WiFi… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Cell Phone Battle Looms
While Wireless VoIP seems like a great thing for consumers, a war is heating up with the telco’s to try and keep the technology from cutting into thier revenue stream. Telco’s are pushing UMA, short for Unlicensed Mobile Access, a technology that allows phones to seamlessly go from the GSM network to Wifi and back,… Continue Reading
How To Blend WEP, WPA, And 802.11i
In the ever changing world of WiFi devices, some equipment becomes legacy very quickly. There are a great many still useful devices out there that only support WEP. WPA or WPA2 are beyond thier capabilities. So what do you do? Many companies are setting up blended environments with multiple AP’s and networks, each supporting a… Continue Reading
All About Wi-Fi Location Tracking
Location sensing of WiFi enabled equipment and personelle is something that alot of companies have wanted for a a while. It’s tricky stuff and is’nt the easiest to setup, but can be invaluable for many reasons, such as location of key personelle and equipment, detection of rogue or attacking device, and for detecting the location… Continue Reading
Report: WiMAX Market To Reach $53B By 2011
WiMax looks to be getting big. Really big. Market research firm Telcomview expects the WiMax market to hit $53 Billion by 2011. Presumably alot of that will come from everyone having to buy new handsets and network cards to take advantage of it. Via [eetuk.com]… Continue Reading
iPass And T-Mobile Agree On Wi-Fi Access Across Europe
T-mobile has teamed up with ipass to allow customers to use other ipass partner companies access points throughout europe. It’s moves like this that make hotspots easier to use. Rather than having to buy 8 different access cards, you just need onecard or code, and only one fee to access hotspots everywhere. Via [geekzone.co.nz]… Continue Reading
Why Baseball Needs Wi-Fi
Technology in the stands at baseball games seems to be an odd thing, but teams need to adapt to the future and one of the things being considered it wireless internet access for fans in the stands. The idea is to compete with sites like mlb.com and allow fans to stay connected to other games,… Continue Reading
802.11w Fills Wireless Security Holes
802.11w is the latest entry into the 802.11 alphabet soup. .11w plans to extend security for wireless from just the payload part of the packet, to the managment frames as well. Currently thse frames are sent in the clear. These improvments should help prevent information about the network being leaked to an attacker. 802.11w also… Continue Reading
Nortel To Test “Wireless Mesh” In Israel
Nortel is jumping into mesh networking with both feet. After wiring up Taipei with a mesh municipal wireless system, the Israeli town of Ariel is next to use this technology. The town is testing the mesh network as a solution for a host of things, including surveillance, water meters, data and voice communication and also… Continue Reading
A Better Path To Video-Over-WLAN
Video over wireless is something that the public wants and the vendors want to provide. However, there is quite the list of problems to be overcome first before it can really be considered a mature technology. WLAN technologies are’nt the most appropriate for video delivery, but there are some things that can be done. QoS,… Continue Reading
S.F. Picks Google, EarthLink
San franciso went with the Google/Earthlink partnership for bringing metro Wifi to the city. The partnership will be free for the city and provide free access to visitors and residents. There is talk of a pay service above the free, but presumably that means an ad free experience and uncapped speed. The decision was met… Continue Reading
Wireless Cafes Are Soft Target For Thieves
Most people tend to be very cautious with high ticket items, however when it comes to laptops, people don’t seem to be very cautious. People have no problem setting a highly portable $2500 laptop down on a table in a public setting. San Francisco seems to be experiencing a rash of laptop thefts from free… Continue Reading