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WLAN News

12 September 2008

IEEE gets to work on Gigabit WiFi

By John Cox, Network World

The IEEE working group that is putting the finishing touches on the 802.11n 100Mits/s wireless LAN standard is about to launch a new project, for a 1Gbits/s WLAN standard. Read more...

WLAN Blog Entries

01 September 2008

Wi-Fi patent troll twitches in Europe

By Peter Judge, Techworld

Four years ago, Calypso Wireless got a certain amount of attention with its bid to tax everyone's fixed-mobile convergence. Apparently, it hasn't gone away - and now it has European patents. Read more...

WLAN Insight

30 September 2008

Cheaper or better? Vendors fight for 802.11n

By Peter Judge, Techworld

Did you think 802.11n was done and dusted? Aruba claims it can get massive speed boosts without breaking the standard, while Ruckus says its architecture allows it to slash prices Read more...

WLAN Briefings

20 May 2008

Open source and OLPC could boost wireless mesh

By John Cox, Network World

The finished IEEE standard for wireless mesh networks is still a way off - but open source and the OLPC look like getting it into use quickly Read more...

WLAN Interviews

12 September 2008

What's really happening at Bluesocket?

By Peter Judge, Techworld

The wireless LAN vendor that refused to die is still confident - we spoke to the CEO about 802.11n and staff cuts Read more...

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WLAN Whitepapers

10 June 2008

Practical Considerations for Deploying 802.11n

By Siemens

Two major issues to consider when planning for 802.11n are power consumption and WLAN architecture. It is important to select an 802.11n solution that operates at full dual-concurrent 3x3 MIMO when using 12.95 Watts. Siemens is the only vendor supporting fully functional 802.11n within the 802af PoE standard.

Read more...

WLAN Product Reviews

29 January 2008

Ruckus ZoneFlex

By David Cartwright, Techworld

  • List price: ZoneDirector £632, APs £184 each
  • Pros: Very simple to get running, ZoneDirector GUI is excellent; competitive price Design of the APs is cool
  • Cons: I really can't think of any Read more...

WLAN How-Tos

19 September 2008

Predict Wi-Fi performance and plan your wireless LAN

By Craig J. Mathias, Farpoint Group

Radio is fundamentally uncertain, and even the best site survey only goes so far in setting up a good network. Read more...

WLAN Case Studies

09 May 2008

Microsoft: the world's largest WLAN

By Thomas Wailgum, CIO.com

It started out as optional, now it's essential. The software giant has covered all its offices in Wi-Fi Read more...

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