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Atheros shows new 2x2 pre-802.11n chip
Atheros has just launched a 2x2 MIMO complying with the draft-802.11n standard. Note that this is a more modest solution relative to the 3x3 architecture--more modest in both speed and range. Still, Atheros says that the chip offers reliable coverage of the entire home at speeds of up to 300 Mbps.
The new chip is designated AR5008V and it is based on the company's XSPAN line. The company says that the new chip will be cheaper than the 3x3 version. "We're launching a cost-optimized …
Ghana begins WiMAX deployment
In 1958, the West African country of Ghana was the first African country to gain independence from Britain, heralding a wave of decolonization on the continent. Ghana is now also leading the way on WiMAX, announcing that Internet Ghana and Navini will install a WiMAX networks in the capital, Accra. The Accra deployment will soon be followed by rollouts in 10 additional cities, with an emphasis on cities that serve as regional commercial hubs.
Maryvonne Tubb, a Navini Networks …
The fool-proof way to make WiFi safe
WiFi has never quite been able to shake the notion that it's not the most secure technology. As we wrote last week, some super-sensitive facilities--for example, U.S. nuclear weapons labs--still do not allow the installation of WiFi networks on their grounds.
There is, however, a fool-proof way to secure your WiFi network: Turn your office or building into a Faraday cage. Geeta Dayal writes in Techworld that encasing your office or building with a thin layer of conductive …
Many in India pin hopes on WiMAX
India is a late comer to wireless technology but it's now embracing it with a vengeance. Indian analysts and industry insiders say that WiMAX deployments will both exploit as well as accelerate this growing trend on the subcontinent. They argue that WiMAX promises to offer India widespread Internet access that will form the basis for economic growth and better educational and health care services--the latter two of which are often unavailable in remote, rural areas. The introduction of …
Intel's wireless upgrade hogs memory
You win some, you lose some. You want to make your PC wireless-capable and you want these wireless capabilities to be as updated as often as possible. You go to Intel's Web site and download a software update for the company's wireless hardware--only to find out that the upgrade is faulty so it hogs your PC's memory.
Amy Martin, an Intel spokeswoman, said that the problem affected the Intel PROSet software version 10.5 (the PROSet software accompanies Intel's drivers which run …
SPOTLIGHT: Great expectations
There is much hope invested in the forthcoming 802.11n standard and the potential improvements it will offer to WiFi communication. In a nice turn of phrase, market research firm Research and Markets goes so far as to say that "802.11n will be to 802.11b what a Maserati is to a Pinto." Many are eager for the kind of raw speed the technology is promising--up to 600 Mbps, which is unheard of for a wireless technology of any kind. Research and Markets expects the break-out year for …
ALSO NOTED: Belkin's new 802.11n equipment; Mac OS X security tool for WiFi; and much more...
> Last week Belkin revealed the company's new 802.11n draft 1.0 equipment along with an AP and a wireless card that goes with it. Both should be available in stores by September. Report
> Mac OS X security tool helps secure WiFi networks. Report
> The Wi-Fi …