Ethernet switch vendors who offer combined or unified LAN and WLAN gear say the ultimate goal is to get wired and wireless network technologies to appear as a single network access layer. However, ...

The aggressive use of new technology has always been a leading contributor to VARs' success. Now, more powerful wireless LAN technology is creating opportunities for VARs. But it also presents a ...

It can be hard to predict costs when planning a large-scale wireless LAN (WLAN). What impact does the new technology have on existing products, policies and procedures? Is there a significant learning ...

Nortel Networks is teaming up with Trapeze Networks to start reselling the company’s wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment by midyear and later co-develop products with embedded Trapeze technology, the ...

High-speed wireless LAN users may get more freedom and better security as the provider of IEEE 802.11a chips to many equipment vendors rolls out its second-generation silicon over the next few months.

Fast-forward three years: Wireless carriers have completed the build-out of their third-generation networks. Now consumers have "always on" connectivity and can take advantage of high data rates on ...

Wireless technologies have grown in popularity and require the right type of wireless network to support them. It's important for organizations to choose the right type of wireless network, as each ...

Last week I mentioned that Broadcom’s Gigabit Ethernet chips were to be used in HP’s Compaq notebook computers. This week, the companies revealed that Broadcom’s high-speed wireless LAN technology ...

The notion of wireless continues to be complicated in business environments. Depending on the specific wireless context or application being discussed, your assumption of what wireless LAN means might ...

The radio technology was developed by Nokia Research Center and is intended to complement other local connectivity technologies and would be easy to integrate with Bluetooth, Nokia (Helsinki, Finland) ...

The IoT is a global network consisting of networked things and provides the concept of seamless communication at any time, in any location and with any device. These “things” can be physical or ...

Some of the most common acronyms used in the discussion of wireless are those that describe the air interface method of a wireless network. The air interface technology specifies the method for ...