Wireless LANs (WLANs) have hit the mainstream, and like other fast-moving technologies, have done so without much explanation of what they are, how they work or what they can do. These networks rely ...

Wireless Local Area Networks (LANs) have been around for years, but how can state and local governments manage wireless networks efficiently and effectively from an enterprise perspective? Assuming ...

Wireless computer networks are becoming a hot item not only for residences, but for commercial installations as well. When installing a wireless system in a home, the main wireless panel will be ...

College students have led the charge in ditching wired LANs for wireless ones. Now businesses are following suit as 802.11n products emerge. For years, this was one of those non-arguments. Who in ...

As we explained in Lesson four, wireless computer networks are becoming a major part of the networking market. This is true not only for residences, but also for commercial installations. PROTOCOLS ...

The wireless LAN is a "nice and clean' extension to an office's wired LAN, says Tim McNicoll, a system consultant with Heartland Business Systems, Little Chute, Wis. Wireless LANs are attractive to ...

Results are in from the fourth annual Kubernan Wireless LAN State-of-the-Market survey. Responses from subscribers to Webtorials, a networking educational Web site, were culled in June from about 300 ...

WLANs (Wireless LANs) are still in the experimental phase at most companies. Why? Because wireless security standards remain in flux. But a more obvious obstacle to wholehearted adoption is the lack ...

LAS VEGAS — The present and future of enterprise wireless networking stirred up interest at the NetWorld+Interop conference here, with vendors presenting systems for existing and planned wireless LAN ...

As the airline industry scrambles to meet a Jan. 18 deadline to screen every checked bag for explosives, security experts, analysts and government officials are raising serious concerns about the ...

Wireless startup Airgo — a company that consists of some of the wireless industry’s most prominent pioneers — announced it is sampling a new WiFi chipset that promises to double the range and data ...

The Radiocommunications Agency (RA) has started a consultation process to work out whether service providers will have to take out licences to let users employ networks that use licence-exempt ...