Category: Products

Via Licensing is forming a group devoted to making licensing of 802.11-related patents easier and to increasing the use of wireless networking in a broader array of products. Via [zdnet.com.com]

Nortel Networks Corp. Monday unveiled handsets, access points, a switch, and other gear designed to extend wireless LANs to support enterprise telephony. Via [infoworld.com]

Instead of linking users to physical ports for authentication, security and management, Trapeze focuses on user identities and transfers user attributes from one Mobility Exchange to another as the user roams the network. Via [newsfactor.com]

Extreme Networks Inc. is touting its Altitude 300 wireless port as a Wi-Fi certified dual-radio access point that supports 802.11b/g and 802.11a connectivity simultaneously. Via [wirelessweek.com]

Gadget-hungry punters will not be disappointed to discover that Linksys will use CeBIT to unveil a range of 11g wireless routers to exploit the Broadcom 802.11g chip set. Via [theregister.co.uk]

If you're ready to take your Xbox gaming console online, but you're unwilling to string an ethernet cable from your home office to your living room, Microsoft's new Xbox Wireless Adapter (MN-740) may be your ticket to play. Via [pcworld.com]

As the wireless LAN switching market matures a bit, some WLAN management start-ups are realizing the benefits of partnering with traditional industry vendors. To that end, Roving Planet and Airespace Inc. this week both announced plans to support hardware other than its own. Via [eweek.com]

Calypso Wireless said Wednesday it has received a U.S. patent for technology that it says enables users to roam between cellular data systems and shorter-range wireless systems such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth without losing the connection. Via [mobilepipeline.com]

The market for wireless networking gear is maturing, with sales of 802.11g devices poised to overtake those of 802.11b this year. Via [zdnet.com.com]

A recent deal between Nokia and Cisco Systems gave Wi-Fi cell phones a key boost--but analysts say the devices may be slow to catch on, because carriers remain reluctant to sell them. Via [news.com.com]

As with the iPod, the hot Airport line of wireless-networking gear shows that ease of use and an eye for coming trends bring outsize gains. Via [businessweek.com]

Bluesoft, a maker of wireless security and location systems, has just secured $5.7 million in Series B funding, with part of that investment coming from Intel’s Communications Fund, which invests in developers of innovative networking and communications solutions. The company says it will use the new money to drive sales of its Wi-Fi-based AeroScout location...

The Wi-Fi gear market continued its rapid growth in 2003, led mostly by consumer holiday sales, but companies saw a slight shuffle in their market share rankings. Via [news.com.com]

Many wireless protocols are open to "man-in-the middle" attacks which could allow the voting results to be changed by an intruder pretending to be a voting machine. Recently we have seen that the part of 802.1x, the replacement for WEP was vulnerable to this kind of an attack if not properly implemented.

The suppliers of mobile infrastructure are increasingly looking to penetrate Cisco’s enterprise networking territory as voice and data converge, and that means taking a new interest in Wi-Fi. Motorola has already set out its stall, and now Nokia and Alcatel are both heavily tipped to be on the WLAN acquisition trail in a bid to...