Wireless LANs were once seen as the easy alternative to the wired LAN. After all, they weren't used for primary network access and they didn't have to be eternally stable or particularly far-reaching.

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

With Wireless LANs becoming mainstream, organizations want to tightly integrate Wireless LANs with wired LANs. Network managers are reluctant or unwilling to deploy Wireless LANs unless those LANs ...

Badman points out that “the LAN and WLAN are pivotal to keeping our university running.” Syracuse University still has a few thousand people (down from more than 33,000) on its wireless network, so he ...

[Updated 4/2/2007 - follow-up article here] For the last three years, I've been meaning to put to rest once and for all the urban legends and myths on wireless LAN security. Every time I write an ...

NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The worldwide enterprise wireless local area network (WLAN) market grew revenues 12.4% between the first and second quarters of 2024 to $2.3 billion, according to ...