Category: Products

Vernier Networks Inc. today announced the availability of an updated version of its wireless LAN security and management platform. The product is designed to help organizations manage increasingly complex Wi-Fi networks and curb the threats posed by worms and viruses. Via [searchnetworking.techtarget.com]

Don LeBeau's sales vision propelled Cisco Systems from a mid-tier player to the leading provider of Internet equipment a decade ago. Now he's trying to repeat the performance as chief executive of Aruba Networks, a scrappy start-up selling wireless gear to large companies. Via [mercurynews.com]

If you can send MP3 files wirelessly around your house using 802.11b, why not pipe music via Wi-Fi to your family car as well? Wi-Fi can transfer music to an MP3 jukebox in the trunk when your car is in the garage or parked nearby. Via [pcmag.com]

Interoperability problems are only going to get worse as more companies implement non-standard extensions to Wi-Fi devices. Via [insight.zdnet.co.uk]

Wi-Fi providers who redirect users' web browsers to their own log-in page may soon have to cough up cash if they want to continue using the technique - US network access software company Nomadix has patented it. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Atheros Communications will release a single-chip 802.11g product in the second quarter that lowers the cost of placing that technology in notebooks or personal digital assistants (PDAs), Atheros said Monday. Via [infoworld.com]

Broadband equipment maker Netopia on Friday announced a program designed to spur manufacturers to develop more Wi-Fi cordless phones. Via [news.com.com]

Intel is to develop Linux drivers for its Centrino platform, providing the open source OS with access to the notebook system's wireless networking technology. Via [theregister.co.uk]

It took a while, but 802.11g-based USB adapters are now available from most vendors. In this mini-roundup, we'll look at USB 2.0 offerings from four major vendors--Buffalo Technology, D-Link, IOGear, Linksys, and Netgear. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Once upon a time, we were awed by the 11-Mbps top throughput of 802.11b wireless networking and were glad to have it. Then last year, the much faster 802.11g appeared, with its 54-Mbps data rate threshold and 802.11b compatibility. But if that still isn't enough to keep your business or home network humming, consider the...

Chipmaker Intel is making new Wi-Fi parts available in its Centrino bundle of chips so that PC makers can use the latest Wi-Fi standard in their notebooks. Via [news.com.com]

SMC Networks Inc. launched a new wireless router Wednesday, aimed at users who want to share multimedia files on different computers over a home network. Via [infoworld.com]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved for sale in the U.S. an Axim X3 personal digital assistant (PDA) from Dell Inc. with both a Bluetooth and an 802.11b chip, according to documents posted on the FCC Web site. Via [infoworld.com]

More than a quarter of Wi-Fi products fail compatibility tests the first time, according to the Wi-Fi Alliance, the body that promotes Wi-Fi use. Most users find that Wi-Fi devices work the first time with any hotspot, however, because the problems are always fixed before the product earns the Wi-Fi badge -- the 1000th of...

NetGear unveiled a Wi-Fi device on Tuesday that is designed to retrofit stereos so they can connect to wireless networks. Via [news.com.com]