Aware Inc., a Massachusetts-based DSL signal processing specialist, announced this morning that it had agreed to sell $75 million in Wi-Fi, LTE and wireless home networking patents to semiconductor giant Intel.
The Tolly Group recently tested the Xirrus XS-3900-16 Wi-Fi array for its resiliency and verified that the array does provide for failover in a range of failure situations.
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The next generation of Wi-Fi -- the superfast IEEE 802.11ac standard -- will integrate a range of wireless technologies on the same chip, as Marvell showed this week at Taiwan's giant annual Computex show. The semiconductor vendor announced a chip that will include 11ac with Bluetooth and near-field communications (NFC).
Cisco's Linksys brand of home wireless networking routers today joined other vendors in coming out with 802.11ac equipment, as well as enabling a cloud-based platform for configuration and control of its "Smart Wi-Fi Routers."
Some users of new Wi-Fi routers from Cisco's Linksys division complained this week that the company automatically updated the routers' firmware and pushed them toward a cloud-based administration service they didn't want.
Cisco Systems has taken a step back from its Cisco Connect Cloud service, removing it as the default setting for management of its Linksys EA Series Wi-Fi routers after a firestorm of complaints from customers about automatic firmware updates and the service's terms of service.
In the last two weeks we've cleaned up our MP3 collection, played with Wi-Fi, looked at the annoyingly high radio frequency attenuation properties of our walls, and solved our connectivity problems using HomePlug (aka Ethernet over powerline). (See "Organizing audio," and "Connecting audio," for all the details.)
As September edged nearer, with all its trembling magical promise, the iOSphere seized on rumors that any sane person would dismiss out of hand, such as the Next iPhone having a new AirPlay version that won't work with Wi-Fi.
Last time, we began the tale of woe of our friend for whom the "home-networking" option offered by the cable/DSL service providers simply didn't work. This time we'd like to continue that discussion with an additional caveat - and a proposed solution.
Charlotte, N.C., is rolling out the red carpet for the Democrats who arrive this week to formally renominate President Barack Obama as their presidential candidate. And Time Warner Cable Arena is rolling out a new, high capacity 802.11n Wi-Fi network for them.
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Over the past few years, we've written rather extensively about the relative advantages of using cable modem, DSL, and/or both to support your teleworkers. After all, even though these services are often considered "consumer" services, we are increasingly seeing work-from-home scenarios, and this is a trend that's sure to escalate.
Six months from now, enterprise IT groups will be facing a big change for their Wi-Fi networks: the shift to 802.11ac, which promises wireless data rates that start at 433Mbps.
Wireless LAN vendor Aruba Networks announced this week its expanded "controller-less" Wi-Fi network, along with an Internet-based service that automatically sets up enterprise access points.
Just how hot is voice over wireless LANs? It's so hot that Infonetics Research is projecting the worldwide market for Wi-Fi phones to more than double every year through 2009.
A Spanish start-up has taken the excitement associated with wireless LANs and run with it. This week FON launched an effort to drum up support for its "Wi-Fi community" concept by selling routers for an attention-grabbing $5 each.
Last week Adtran announced it is adding Layer 3 switching, Wi-Fi support and faster processing to its line of multi-service access routers. Adtran’s new NetVanta 1335 models – which the company says will eventually phase out its NetVanta 1224 models – will range in price from $1600 (the current base price of the NetVanta 1224) to $2800 depending on the number of wireless features and Power Over Ethernet features they support.