Source: silicon.com
Only a third of European companies using wireless LANs (WLANs) have issued security policies and many more are seemingly blasé about various aspects of making sure corporate networks aren't compromised.
Wireless LANs - now usually based on the Wi-Fi standard, also known as IEEE 802.11b - are increasingly popular within companies as well as in homes and at public 'hotspots'.
Source: The Register
A report from Telecom.Paper now out says that European prices for public "hotspot" are out of line with prices in Asia and the US - and forecasts that high prices will remain for some time.
"Public WLAN prices are very heterogeneous. The current pricing structure offers simple Internet access mostly for two hours or 24 hours and monthly flat rates," says the research brief.
It's not every day you get to ride shotgun on a war drive in the most strategic and sensitive city in the world.
But that's just what I got to do Monday morning.
Source: The Register
Almost all the people who make Wi-Fi silicon chips have signed up to Cisco's new wireless networking standards, CCX - but not all of them have done so willingly. We interviewed one reluctant recruit, who thinks this is the biggest threat faced by the Wi-Fi Alliance so far.
Our source is a senior executive in a semiconductor company, and made it a condition of talking to NewsWireless.net that we said nothing to reveal either his identity, nor that of the corporation he works for.
Source: eWeek
IT managers fed up with the security flaws in the wired equivalent privacy standard are wondering when to begin upgrading their enterprise 802.11 wireless LANs with Wi-Fi Protected Access. However, although there is much to be gained by moving to the latest security standard from the Wi-Fi Alliance, there are many things to consider before making the jump.
Source: The Register
Mesh radio networks are definitely back in fashion. British developer BPO Solutions claims its Meshhopper fixed-mesh routing software works with ordinary 802.11b wireless Ethernet kit to build "WLAN microsites" able to share a broadband connection.
The company says it has almost finished field-testing its mesh technology at a rural site in the UK, and is moving on to set up urban microsites.
