wlan
RSS wlanCisco: 19 airports connected, 100 more to come
News In collaboration with national telcos, mobile operators and specialist wireless players, Cisco has connected 19 airports across the region with Wireless LAN (WLAN) technology based on the 802.11b technology, also known... [11 Jul 2002]
Intersil offers 'Wi-Fi on the go'
News US wireless semiconductor company Intersil is to incorporate its chipset design into SyChip's WLAN (wireless local area network) card for 'Wi-Fi on the go'. The companies claim the PRISM 3 chip will be transformed into... [10 Jul 2002]
Wireless LAN - king of the playroom
Comment Before the metaphor gets overblown, the WLAN standard known as 802.11b is in many ways the Lego of the wireless world. Tell us if you know otherwise but WLAN is almost as interoperable as those lovely... [20 Jun 2002]
The Ovum View: The wireless LAN security nightmare
Comment It often includes the parking lot and public roads - leading to the phrase 'drive by hacking' to refer to WLAN interception. WLAN systems come with encryption disabled to ease their installation. The... [20 Jun 2002]
Major stores beam credit card details to the car park
News Best Buy's action follows a day of heated discussion on security newsgroups after an anonymous person said he had accidentally picked up credit card numbers while testing his newly purchased WLAN (wireless local area... [02 May 2002]
Finnish radiation experts give mobile stations clean bill of health
News The government-funded watchdog, Säteilyturvakeskus (STUK), said citizens don't need to worry about GSM or WLAN base stations as the level of radiation they emit is very low. The Finnish radiation authority has said... [30 Apr 2002]
BT's wireless LAN plan is a foot in many doors
News BT plans to launch the network in June this year at 20 WLAN hotspots. BT's plans to operate the UK's first public wireless local areas networks (WLANs) should help it secure a top position in all the country's prime real... [19 Apr 2002]
Ovum View: BT in pole position for wireless LAN
Comment This will be absolutely crucial in the short-term until a workable, equitable and universal system of roaming (such as that used by mobile operators) is implemented for WLAN. Due to problems with interference in the... [19 Apr 2002]
Top 10 tips to stop wireless hackers
News Attacks come from hackers driving around in dense WLAN areas, such as the City of London, with home-made code cracking kits looking for vulnerable wireless networks.silicon.com has teamed up with wireless security... [06 Mar 2002]
The Ovum View: The rumble in the wireless applications jungle
Comment These technology products are key to enabling operators, WASPs (wireless application service providers) and enterprises deliver new data services to consumers and business employees over various types of mobile network - including... [15 Jan 2002]
Threat of "drive-by hacking" a myth
News The likelihood of a hacker sniffing the wireless leg of the connection, from the WLAN to the base station, is far smaller than the hacker attacking an insecure gateway to the system. The threat of wireless hacking has... [14 Jan 2002]
Drive-by hacking: a 21st century crime
Comment Popular WLAN standards such as Wi-Fi - the snappily named IEEE 802.11b flavour - has a range of 60 to 200 metres, or up to 500 metres when boosted. An era of corporate eavesdropping is upon us. And why? [15 Nov 2001]
Intel WLAN can forget about Europe
News Intel's November launch of wireless networking products will not be heading to Europe as the wireless standard used is illegal on the continent. The new products are shipping with wireless standard 802.11a - the souped-up version of... [10 Sep 2001]
Wireless LAN easy meat for hackers
News Hack attacks on wireless area networks (WLAN)are on the increase as users within companies continue to run networks without authorisation. Gartner also said that users who wish to access company databases via a... [28 Aug 2001]
Bluetooth: Up close and personal wireless freedom?
Comment A further obstacle slowing Bluetooth's advance is something lovingly known as IEEE.802.11b, a wireless local area network (WLAN) standard that offers superior data transmission speeds of up to 11Mbps. [20 Jul 2001]
