The last newsletter discussed interoperability among various flavors of 802.11 networks, including forthcoming high-speed 802.11n networks. I’d like to point out a few clarifications about “backward ...

Lucky network administrators get to run cabling in brand-new buildings. When linking buildings, lucky network administrators with big budgets get to run fiber or maybe even invest in a microwave or ...

COMMENTARY--During the Internet bubble, John Doerr of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers frequently declared that the Internet was in fact "underhyped." He argued that despite the wild speculation and ...

In response to reader requests for a refresher in basic wireless LAN operations, I’ll finish up a discussion I began last time of 802.11 WLAN channel assignments and user access. Some of you have ...

My normal network is Wifi 5, but I have 802.11n enabled on the guest network. The guest network runs on the same APs as my main network. I have 3 APs controlled by a controller. I might occasionally ...

While it's hard to distinguish fact from fiction with respect to wireless network security, designers must start by considering three levels of security when evaluating wireless networks. Physical ...

In the IEEE standards camp, an 802.11e spec is being developed as an extension to the current 11M bit/sec 802.11b (2.4-GHz) wireless LAN standard to provide missing QoS and security provisions.

802.11 ” The Root Standard The 802.11 standard was the first attempt to define how wireless data from anetwork should be sent, and it shows the scars from being in that position. The standarddefines ...