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 who offer combined or unified LAN and WLAN gear say the ultimate goal is to get wired and wireless network technologies to appear as a single network access layer. However, ...

It can be hard to predict costs when planning a large-scale wireless LAN (WLAN). What impact does the new technology have on existing products, policies and procedures? Is there a significant learning ...

Editor’s Note: Because you can never have too many wizards, we have expanded the scope of the Wireless Wizards to include a full panel of experts from the top wireless vendors. They’re at your ...

A new service providing Net access via wireless LAN on airplanes is set to launch in December. That's what some companies say -- but nobody talked to U.S. regulators. Reporter Elisa Batista talks with ...

Wireless technology ranked No. 2 on the list of strategic technology investments for 2004 in AMR Research’s annual Information Technology (IT) spending study (see “The IT Spending Report, 2003-2004”).

Whenever the word "performance" is mentioned, at least in a networking context, the first thought to come to mind is, of course, throughput. This is only natural - demands for throughput only grow ...

The iW-SMG2N1 (890-IW-SMGN21) is a Nano WiReach wireless LAN module featuring an iChip™ CO2144 IP communication controller and SerialNET™ mode for serial to IP bridging. It offers 10 simultaneous ...

Compaq's portable iPaq pocket PC may have had its thunder stolen -- by a new wireless card from Symbol, which uses a compact flash socket. Symbol is also announcing, on Tuesday, a cellphone which uses ...