Once more I sat at the control console and went through the D-Link wireless access point’s forms to enable WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption. I knew it wasn't exactly the best encryption on the planet, but it was better than nothing at all, and the network I was working with didn't handle much sensitive information anyway.
Wireless LAN vendors have failed to deliver interoperable, highly secure wireless LANs, according to META Group. Three years after initial concerns about wireless LAN security, achieving a highly secure enterprise wireless LAN remains a challenge. Vendors have succeeded only in confusing the market by offering solutions that are complex, costly to implement, and often cumbersome to support.
McDonald's is super-sizing its Wi-Fi trial with wireless networking start-up Cometa Networks.
The Oak Brook, Ill.-based company announced late Tuesday that 75 of its fast-food restaurants in the New York Tri-State area will be covered by a high-speed wireless network with access to the Internet. The trial, a partnership with Cometa, extends an earlier, smaller pilot in the New York area with the wholesale network operator.
The second trial is part of the restaurant chain's increasing efforts to make 802.11-based wireless networking technology available to its customers.
When the ability to write and modify your own management software is the main objective, a custom-built wireless access point is the way to go. This article explains what's involved in building a wireless bridge using Linux, including software and hardware considerations. You will see what kinds of concerns and pitfalls you'll face should you want to do this.
As Wi-Fi standards get sorted out and customers clamor for better security, two vendors this week are set to introduce WLAN security products that give IT staffs greater power and flexibility in locking down their networks. Offerings from AirDefense Inc. and Funk Software Inc., while differing in approaches, address the main problems plaguing wireless LANs: policy compliance and interoperability.
Small business and residential users as far afield as the Pyrenees mountains in southern France could soon enjoy broadband connections thanks to a partnership between France Telecom (FT) and Alvarion.
FT has begun testing a new broadband wireless access system from Alvarion as part of the French carrier's drive to bring high-speed Internet to most of France by 2005, the Tel Aviv, Israel, equipment vendor said Thursday in a statement.
Unsecured connections could be used to hijack corporate mail servers. Spammers are preparing to use weaknesses in corporate wireless local area networks (Lans) to send out floods of unsolicited email, a security company chief has claimed.
CipherTrust said that, as security on fixed line internet connections tightens, spammers could gear up to exploit vulnerabilities in wireless Lan security.
Wireless local area networks (WLANs) bring true mobility to the business arena. It allows users to move from area to area while maintaining connectivity and offers a variety of business benefits driven by this user convenience. Other significant drivers of the technology include increased ability to transact business and immediacy of information.
The Wild West spirit that has accompanied the rapid spread of wireless Internet services across Europe is slowly coming to an end.
The European market for public wireless LAN (WLAN) services, after a significant boom phase, will encounter a bust phase for lack of viable business models, leading to industry consolidation. Eventually, the sector will be dominated by a handful of large mobile operators vying for high-end business users, according to a new study published Monday by Giga Research, a subsidiary of Forrester Research.
"We've got 12 . . . wait, 13. Another just came in!"
On the hunt for 30 seconds, Gary Morse is jazzed. We've walked about 45 feet down Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, and he has been counting the number of chirrups coming from the speaker of his hand-held computer. Each represents potential prey: wireless networks in the offices and apartments above us. So far, we have had more than a dozen chances to sneak Internet access, reap user ID's and passwords and otherwise peer into the private affairs of individuals and businesses.
