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 ...

As 802.11a products began shipping months ago, more and more companies have been taking advantage of 802.11a’s superior performance. 802.11a radios transmit at 5GHz and send data up to 54Mbps using ...

WIWB TV-14 in Green Bay, Wisc., couldn't get broadband service--the building was out of range of DSL, and, being in a business park instead of a residential neighborhood, there was no cable service.

Wireless is everywhere these days. Or rather, it isn’t. Be that as it may, the desire to not to have to struggle with wires is high for anyone who has ever installed a network. But until recently, ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. 802.11b wireless LANs finally have reached a point where ...

I'd been wanting to move my network away from wires and cables - was using HPNA and Ethernet - and finally got to doing it just this past week. On the advice of some friends who had experience with ...

The most common types of wireless LANs today support the 802.11b standard. Although faster 802.11a equipment has been available for some time, vendors of enterprise-class WLAN equipment — with more ...

U.S. Robotics Corp. (USR) has boosted the speed of its latest range of wireless LAN products for small businesses to 22Mbps (bits per second), while retaining compatibility with existing 2.4GHz ...

I'm setting up a linux box as a router for wireless traffic, but it looks like only a few cards have drivers available. Anyone have any experience/recommendations with setting up wireless in linux? It ...

The IEEE 802.11 specification (ISO/IEC 8802-11) is an international standard describing the characteristics of a wireless local area network (WLAN). The name Wi-Fi (which stands for Wireless Fidelity, ...

BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Newport Media, an innovative fabless communications semiconductor company supplying products to the wireless connectivity and broadcast media industry, today ...

The wireless toolkit for electronics design engineers widened considerably with the emergence of the 802.11n draft standard. Thanks to its performance benefits, 802.11n will expand the range of ...