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Archive for May, 2002

Proxim’s 802.11a Gets

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 7th, 2002

Proxim’s Harmony 802.11a Access Point and Harmony AP Controller are integrating 802.1x Security into their products. It provides greater protection against security attacks and simplifies wireless LAN management by using the same databases for both wireless and wired network. 802.1x provides a secure, scalable authentication solution using dynamic re-keying, [...]

AP-2000 gets 5 Gig and lower price

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 6th, 2002

Orinoco’s AP-2000 now has an 802.11a, 5 GHz radio and a lower price (from $1295 to $895). The new 5 GHz radio with antenna will be $249. The dual slot architecture of the The AP-2000 enables IT managers to migrate from existing 802.11b infrastructures to 802.11a or 802.11g without having to convert [...]

802.1x Gets Funky

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 6th, 2002

Avaya, Enterasys, Intermec and Proxim have added support for 802.1x - an IEEE security standard that provides a framework for wireless LAN security - and endorsed the use of EAP-TTLS with their WLAN access points and wireless adapter cards. When used with strong authentication methods such as EAP-TTLS, 802.1x protects enterprise data and [...]

Symbol adds AP and CF card

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 6th, 2002

Symbol’s new dual-mode Mobius 5224 Access Point (pdf) is not only dual-band, it’s apparently designed for GSM/GPRS networks as well. The Access Point is designed to snap onto installed Symbol Spectrum24 frequency hopping (FH) and Spectrum24 High Rate Wi-Fi access points, creating two wireless networks in a single location. The [...]

PC Magazine’s comprehensive 802.11 review

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 5th, 2002

PC Magazine’s tests many 802.11a/b systems in their May cover issue. PC Magazine Labs tested 20 sets of wireless LAN products: 17 under the 802.11b standard and 3 under 802.11a. Reviews include enterprise level access points, mid-range access points, home office access points and 802.11a access [...]

Networld+InterOp

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 5th, 2002

Tim Higgins has a preview of Networld+InterOp including VPN Security appliances from tiny Aries, Linksys Cable/DSL VPN routers and 802.1X authentication and security products. Avaya will show how businesses can converge communications with IP telephony. A dual mode Avaya IP Softphone for Pocket PC that has been SIP-enabled and [...]

Integrated cable modem/802.11b

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 5th, 2002

Pioneer Electronics Corp. will introduce a home-networking gateway device at this week’s National Cable Show that melds a Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification 1.1/1.0 modem with a router firewall gateway and a wireless base station. “Our objective in producing this broadband gateway device is to take the high burden [...]

Look Ma: A Wireless Campus

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 2nd, 2002

Traditional telephone service is on the way out at American University (AU), which announced Wednesday that it is launching an integrated wireless system to handle virtually all campus communications. While many colleges have jumped on the WLAN (wireless local area network) bandwagon, or have cell phone [...]

Digital Bomb

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 1st, 2002

This April, the Federal Communications Commission took action of a new video and broadband service called MVDSS (.pdf). It provides local television programming and high-speed Internet access by re-using the same 12/14Ghz broadcast satellite band. Satellite broadcasters oppose it, of course. The new Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service [...]