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Archive for September, 2003

Netgear + Linksys USB-2 “G” Clients

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 30th, 2003

Netgear’s 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter ($79 retail, $61 street), features a USB 2.0 interface that is up to 40 times faster than USB 1.1 allowing you to realize full 54 Mbps speed. A 5-ft USB cable lets you locate the adapter where signals are strongest. The [...]

Wi-Lan Gets FCC Approval

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 30th, 2003

Iconoclastic “last mile” pioneer Wi-Lan today announced its LIBRA 5800 product series has been approved by the Federal Communications Commission for use in the 5.8 GHz frequency band in the United States. The LIBRA 5800 uses Wi-LAN’s patented W-OFDM (Wide-Band Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) technology to achieve high-capacity [...]

Wi-Fi Media Gateways

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 30th, 2003

SMC Networks began shipping its EZ-Stream wireless home entertainment device this week. The $249.99 EZ-Stream Wireless Multimedia Receiver (SMCWMR-AG), distributes multi-media entertainment throughout the home via WiFi. The networked entertainment receiver streams, plays and shares audio (including MP3 and Internet radio), pictures and video [...]

Cheap Hotspot Management

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 29th, 2003

Nancy Gohring says Surf and Sip and Airpath Wireless have announced Wi-Fi support packages for businesses that want to set up Wi-Fi service. Surf and Sip provides a $300, one-piece Soekris box and charges a flat $50 a month to handle ongoing network monitoring and support. Cafes can charge [...]

Aperto Unwires Mexico City

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 29th, 2003

MVS Comunicaciones will use Aperto Networks to deliver broadband wireless access with guaranteed Quality of Service to Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey this year and will market these services to six additional cities by the end of 2004. MVS, a leading radio/television programming and carrier services company in Mexico [...]

College WiFi Van

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 29th, 2003

Tech Dirt flags a story on a satellite-powered WiFi van. Students at the North Carolina, Community College, routinely drove up to 100 miles round trip to get to night classes. Now the school has a van with a satellite dish and 20 Wi-Fi-enabled laptop computers to bring the [...]

Linksys VPN Router

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 29th, 2003

Linksys today unveiled the new Wireless-G VPN Broadband Router (WRV54G) with an estimated street price of $229. Designed for very small business environments with mobile employees, it offers key building blocks for a complete networking solution, incorporating five essential functions: Wireless-G Access Point which [...]

Rural Wireless Grants

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 29th, 2003

Broadband Reports says the USDA this week announced they’d be awarding $11.3 million in broadband community grants to 34 communities in 20 states. Communities selected do not have access to broadband connectivity for the essential services of police and fire protection, hospitals, libraries and schools. In return [...]

DSL-WiFi in a Box

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 29th, 2003

ADC and Colubris Networks today announced that the companies have signed an original equipment manufacturer agreement to put Wi-Fi and DSL in a single box. Under terms of the exclusive agreement, Colubris Networks will supply CN300 and CN3000 intelligent Wi-Fi access devices [...]

WiFi-Cellular Roaming

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 29th, 2003

Public Wi-Fi Hot Spots, in combination with cellular networks, are being rolled out aggressively. Birdstep Technology is targeting this space with a Roaming Client for secure, seamless roaming between Wi-Fi networks and Cellular Data Networks. Birdstep Technology is now providing seamless mobility for CDMA-2000 cellular networks, in addition to their GSM/GPRS/UMTS support. [...]