ZcoMax uses an Intersil, Prism 2.5 chip. A 180mW Zcomax card with a USB Adapter could run to the client’s window and plug directly into a 12dB flat panel. It would point to the community Access Point. Zcomax has a Word document explaining long distance reception. We’re going with a more [...]
802 Planet reports that NextComm of Bellevue, WA, is making a chip that automatically changes 802.11b WEP keys to enhance security in wireless LANs. NextCom’s chip controls data packet flow across a wireless network and can work with a variety of access points and Wi-Fi form factors. The [...]
“Softphones” send Voice over IP (VoIP). It’s cheaper and integrates with data and video. Perhaps the best known is Microsoft’s Windows XP Messenger which provides text chat, voice and video conferencing on Windows XP. Two-way voice over IP over any platform has been popularized by Net2Phone, [...]
The EyeForWireless Conference, June 17-18, 2002, at the Seattle Hilton, featured four keynote speeches and many other industry pioneers. Microsoft told attendees to expect enhanced security measures with 802.1x by August. Toshiba apparently showed off a $200 self-install kit, their Magnia SG20 wireless mobility server and their Pocket PC e740 with built-in [...]
Tim Pozar is trying to coordinate San Francisco stake holders so a public Wi-Fi network can be shared. It can be a tough sell - even if the plan is sound. Why should Nancy Jesuale, director of Portland’s ComNet share her control over the communications revenue stream with anyone else? City bureaus, commercial [...]
The project is supported by the HP Corporation, which donated 600 handhelds, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology and UCSD’s Active Web Project. Additional technical assistance was provided by Symbol, MobilePlanet, and Intel for SSL acceleration. Other Wireless Projects could adopt the system. Currently most vehicle trackers use CDPD [...]
Proxim is buying Agere’s wireless LAN division, including their Orinoco product line. Agere will continue to own its Wi-Fi manufacturing lines as well as make products for Proxim. Agere manufactures the components for Apple’s AirPort line and the popular Orinoco PC Cards that works so well with Net Stumbler. Glenn Fleishman has [...]
Handhelds using Intel’s new X-scale chip are reportedly twice as fast (400MHz) and use half the power of their 206 Mhz predecessors. The new X-Scale models include the Acer n20 and n20w, Fujitsu-Siemens’ Pocket LOOX, Toshiba’s e550G, e570 and e740, and Compaq iPAQ H3900. Tiny SD cards sport Wi-Fi while GSM/GPRS [...]
Toshiba is planning to launch a nationwide wireless service. Although details won’t be available until the service’s June 25 launch date, the service will involved thousands of hot-spots in malls, coffee shops, and possibly supermarkets. It will be based on Toshiba’s Linux-based appliance servers, which features built-in VPN support. They’ll [...]
3G promises 2 Mbps in stationary applications, 384 Kbps for slow-moving users, and 128 Kbps for users in vehicles. 3G Standards include W-CDMA, which uses 5 MHz-wide channels, the next step up for existing GSM operators like Voicestream, AT&T and Cingular. AT&T will roll out EDGE later this year. It claims to increase both data [...]
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