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FierceWiFi September 5, 2006
- Wi-Fi Alliance to certify draft 802.11n products
- Software extends WiFi range five times
- AT&T in Springfield metro-WiFi deal
- Skype showing PC-less phone
- Sharp shows world's smallest WLAN module
- SPOTLIGHT: The shape of things to come
- ALSO NOTED: HP and Cisco partner for indoor wireless; Cell phones sniff out hotspots; and much more...
Wi-Fi Alliance to certify draft 802.11n products
The Wi-Fi Alliance will begin certifying 802.11n products--an audacious move, considering that the standard itself has not yet been finalized. The typically cautious, go-by-the-book organization has decided to take this step in an effort to head off interoperability issues likely to emerge as more and more companies rush to offer pre-802.11n, or draft-802.11n, gear. Rushing to market before standards were finalized has happened before, but the advantages of 802.11n over its predecessors …
Software extends WiFi range five times
The bumble bee is nature's mystery: Physicists say that it should not be able to fly, because its wing span is too small relative to the bee's body size and weight. Yet, it does fly. The same with some WiFi range-extending technologies: Engineers say that these technologies violate the laws of physics, and yet...
Just look at the proprietary software being offered by start-up InspiAir. The company claims its solution extends the typical WLAN range five times--using the same …
AT&T in Springfield metro-WiFi deal
The venerable AT&T has seen better days, so it is gratifying to note a success for the company: Springfield, Illinois, the city which gave us Abraham Lincoln, will likely select AT&T to build a city-wide WiFi network. This will be the company's first major mesh WiFi victory. Mayor Timothy Davlin said that the city will seek a blanket WiFi proposal submitted by AT&T, pending formal approval by the City Council. The mayor said that the network will eventually cover a total of 30 …
Skype showing PC-less phone
Remember Orson Welles's Gallo wine commercials, where he raised his glass to "things worth waiting for"? Well, here is something worth waiting for: A Skype cordless phone which does not require a PC connection. The new Philips VOIP841 plugs into a a RJ-11 jack and can make and receive Skype calls as if it were the regular home phone unit. Manrique Brenes, director of hardware business development for Skype, says: "If someone calls on the regular phone, it will ring. If someone calls you …
Sharp shows world's smallest WLAN module
Small is beautiful. Sharp says it is now offering what it describes as the world's smallest WLAN module. It is not only small--it also consumes less power than any other WLAN module currently available. The unit measures only 8.0 x 7.6 x 1.3 mm. When sending data, the module's power consumption is a mere 654mW. Moreover, power usage drops even lower, to 165mW, when the module handles inbound data. The drain on the battery in stand-by mode is an infinitesimal 0.3mW.
Sharp will …
SPOTLIGHT: The shape of things to come
You want to see the future? Go to California. The state takes network security seriously and it is now about to legislate network security stickers. AB 2415 has cleared the California General Assembly and is now on its way to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk for signature. The law is an attempt by the state to make sure that consumers know how to activate security features on their WiFi routers in order to prevent personal information from being accessed "by unauthorized users who piggyback onto their network connection." Report
ALSO NOTED: HP and Cisco partner for indoor wireless; Cell phones sniff out hotspots; and much more...
> HP and Cisco Systems are joining hands hands to become even bigger players in the enterprise unified communications marketplace by offering a range of new applications and services based on Cisco's Pervasive Indoor Wireless Technology. Report
> Cell phones now come with GPS and WiFi sniffers. Report
> The …