Topic: Networking & Know-how
The new items published under this topic are as follows.
By Peter Sayer
IDG News Service, Paris Bureau
SAN FRANCISCO - In a bid to make wireless LAN hotspots as easy to use as mobile phone networks, three French mobile phone operators will open up their networks of wireless hotspots to one another's customers by the end of this year.
Soci?t? Fran?aise du Radiot?l?phone SA (SFR), Bouygues Telecom SA and France T?l?com SA subsidiary Orange France, operators of France's three GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) mobile phone networks, are all launching wireless LAN hotspots. However, they face a common problem: a lack of service standards for access to Wi-Fi networks makes roaming difficult, they said in a joint statement Thursday.
By: John Cox
From: Network World
this week will answer the challenge of a pack of aggressive wireless LAN switch vendors with a plan for managing WLANs across an enterprise network.
One big difference: Cisco will do it without introducing a dedicated WLAN switch.
Cisco's plans feature new software that will add more intelligence to the company's Aironet access points, while laying the foundation for more-centralized management of these devices and of the actual radio medium.
By Patrick Mannion
From: commsdesign
It was 1 a.m., the family was tucked in and I was still getting the error message "Server unknown, cannot make connection." Of course, it would've been much more helpful if it had said, "Look, Patrick, you have four TCP/IP adapters already installed, you've max'ed out the capabilities of your archaic Windows98 OS. You can't install your 802.11b card until you remove at least one adapter." But no such luck. Instead, I had to wait until morning and choose either to abandon my Wi-Fi aspirations altogether or suffer the wrath of corporate IT for trying to install an "illegal" adapter on company property. I chose the latter, and while they solved the problem-and promised an OS upgrade to boot-I still had to leave my usual pound of flesh in the "Thank You" box on the way out.
The Linksys Dual-Band Wireless A+G Is Touted For Its Excellent Speed And Range
IRVINE, Calif., May 20 /Wi-Fi Technology News/ -- Linksys(R), the worldwide leader in shipments of wireless networking devices, today announced their first CNET Editors' Choice award for the Dual-Band Wireless A+G Router (WRT55AG). This award recognizes outstanding computing and electronics products that CNET reviews editors have chosen to represent the top quality, design and service to users.
From the Financial Review www.afr.com
by John Davidson
Got a spare PC and a wireless networking card lying around? Want to do your community service, thinking globally and networking locally? Then the wireless WAN wants you.