Eric Griffith

SMC Networks of Irvine, CA, today announced that by March of this year will be begin shipping products based on the draft of the 802.11g standard. The first products in the line of "G" products will be the Barricade G 2.4GHz 54Mbps Wireless Cable/DSL Broadband Router for $139MSRP, the EZ Connect G 2.4GHz 54Mbps Wireless […]

It might seem a little late to come to the Wi-Fi party with 802.11a products — and might seem like a waste of time now that the 2.4GHz 802.11g is here — but a number of companies have made recent announcements committing to a world of low-interference, high-speed Wi-Fi on the 11a side. First up, […]

This past weekend at the DEMO 2003 show in Scottsdale, AZ, Bluesoft unveiled its new positioning platform for wireless LANs. The San Mateo, CA-based company calls their location system Aeroscout. The system is for others to build location-based awareness into other applications. The software works only with specific hardware devices — it does not take […]

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 Working Group, the group behind the development of the 802.11 specifications for wireless networks, has given its approval to the current draft of the 802.11g specification. This is not a final IEEE approval however. According to Matthew Shoemake, the chair for the 100+ member 802.11g Task […]

Imagine you sit down in a café hoping to partake of an hour or two of Wi-Fi access, but you don’t have your credit card or any cash on hand. How are you going to pay for your time online? Swedish company Excilan has an idea, currently in a pilot program, that may take care […]

Hotspotzz is launching a new program to bring more venue owners looking to provide Wi-Fi access to customers into the Hotspotzz network. The company is selling a kit, called "Hotspotzz in a Box," for $500. Location owners will find inside the access point too hook up to their broadband connection, a setup guide, and a […]

Changes in the way WLANs are thought of and deployed in businesses might make this year the best yet for Wi-FI, but there’s little denying when you look at the numbers for the year 2002 that it was the best wireless LANs have seen yet. In-Stat/MDR of Scottsdale, AZ, has a report out where they […]

The Tsunami line of outdoor point-to-multipoint products for use by ISPs, campuses, and enterprises is getting a price cut. Proxim Corporation is knocking prices down by as much as $2000 on certain products used for everything from connectivity between buildings and last-mile back haul for public access venues. Tsunami Multipoint products uses the unlicensed and […]

While business travelers and home users seem to derive the most benefits from Wi-Fi-based access to the Internet and networks, arguably wireless networking could make the most impact in the medical industry. More and more hospitals are embracing wireless networks as the technology get simpler, easier to manage, and receives the security medical facilities need. […]

In a continued push of new products, Proxim Corporation today unveiled its latest additions to the ORiNOCO line of wireless LAN products. The new AP-600b is a $395 MSRP access point supporting 802.11b; the AP-600a is a $549 MSRP access point supporting the faster 802.11a. Both are available now, and Proxim expects street prices to […]

Ann Arbor, MI-based Interlink Networks makes Secure.XS (pronounced "Secure Access"), a $2500+ Linux and Windows-based solution for 802.1X authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA). In the last few months the company has announced that Secure.XS support for a variety of Extensible Authentication Protocols (EAP) including PEAP, TLS, TTLS, LEAP, MD5, and others. Now they are adding […]

PicoPoint BV, a maker of public-access wireless backend systems based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is making a push into the United States and elsewhere through partnerships with the similarly outfitted Airpath Wireless of Toledo, OH, and hotspot hardware maker Nomadix of Westlake Village, CA. Airpath and PicoPoint will provide full roaming capability between their two […]