Eric Griffith

Now shipping from Toshiba’s Computer Systems Group (CSG) is the Satellite Pro 6100 series of notebooks, the first with dual-band 802.11a/b wireless networking built in. Any PC in the 6100 series can work with the ubiquitous 11Mbps networks running 802.11ba — the top of the line model will also work with 54Mbps networks running 802.11a. […]

According to a story in the New York Times, the United States Department of Defense (DOD) is moving to get technical limits placed on the use of some unlicensed radio frequency spectrum (currently not used in the United States) because products that utilize it could, according to the government, interfere with military radar. The article […]

The Banias Mobile Platform is Intel Corp.’s push for mobility in 2003, with lower power consumption and wireless capability integrated in all new laptops with Intel inside. Initially, the chip giant’s plans called for its wireless chipset to support dual-band 802.11a/b, running at 54Mbps and 11Mbps, respectively. However, when the first original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) […]

Newark, CA-based Socket Communications today unveiled that its Low Power Wireless LAN Compact Flash card is getting support for 802.1X security. This move will allow users of the company’s Compact Flash 802.11b-enabled client card, usually used in PocketPC-based personal digital assistants (PDAs) , to use the authentication of 802.1X. It’s the first company to bring […]

This week, RadioLAN Marketing Group of San Jose, CA, a maker of wireless equipment used by campuses, carriers and wireless Internet service providers, introduced the BridgeLINK-11a Wireless Bridge (model RMG-503). This latest member of it the company’s family of point-to-point bridging products is one of the first to include 802.11a-based technology to establish a connection. […]

While the growth in hotspots during 2002 might not be what the public access Wi-Fi providers hoped, the growth world wide — from 2,000 locations to over 12,000 — made for what In-Stat/MDR is called an overall "extraordinary year" for the hotspot market. The Scottsdale, AZ-based high-tech research firm has a new report out this […]

Wireless Retail, Inc., of Scottsdale, AZ, a leading retailer of wireless phones, service plans and more via the MobileGateway store and mall kiosk chain and ‘store-in-a-store’ staffed kiosks at retailers like Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart, has announced the launch of FootLoose Networks. This new subsidiary exists to facilitate the creation of a carrier-agnostic, Wi-Fi network […]

Wireless wide-area and local-area network provider Proxim Corporation yesterday announced major changes for the Sunnyvale, CA-based company to simplify its divisions and place executives in better positions to take advantage of sales and strategic relationships. “These moves place two of our most senior and knowledgeable executives in positions where they can impact revenue over the […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — WISPs looking for more security in their wireless last-mile connections take note. The Tsunami Multipoint system, which Proxim has had shipping for some time, has a new edition featuring a technology they call Active Interference Rejection or A.I.R., as well as an upgrade for supporting Voice over IP (VoIP) traffic. Tsunami […]

Palo Alto, CA-based Integrated Programmable Communications (InProComm) has announced a new baseband/medium access controller (MAC) chip for use in 802.11b-based products. The IPC2120, which should go into sampling to customers this month, will feature a built-in, hardware-based Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) engine. The company has three reference designs for the chip, working with different radio […]

SANTA CLARA — There are a lot of enterprise-class products that will tell a system administrator when their Wi-Fi network has an intruder. Newbury Networks knows this, but the company’s new WiFi Watchdog will pinpoint an intruder’s location within three meters. WiFi Watchdog is the latest layered application that works with Newbury Network’s Locale Sever […]

Cranite Systems of San Jose, CA, today announced that it is shipping WirelessWall 2.0, the new version of its security suite for wireless LANs. The software is now fully FIPS 140-2 compliant and, what’s more, the company has scored a high-profile deployment by becoming the WLAN security tool of choice at the 200+-year-old U.S. Military […]