Eric Griffith

Allentown, PA-based Agere Systems has announced a new partnership with Infineon Technologies of Munich, Germany to jointly develop 802.11 chips and reference designs, as well as share intellectual property. Dave Favreau, the Director of Wireless Products at Agere, says “One of the things we see in the industry as that wireless LAN market is growing […]

Agere Systems of Allentown, PA, has announced the WL1141 physical layer (PHY) module, which integrates baseband capabilities with an 802.11b 2.4GHz radio on a single chip. The new chip is targeted at original equipment manufacturers with little or no radio frequency experience, to help them get a jump start on integrating wireless LAN functions into […]

Citing the needs of the marketplace, Redwood Shores, CA-based iPass is changing its pricing plan. Effective November 15, 2002, all users of the service that connect via their iPassConnect smart client software will be charged by the minute for their Internet connections. This new pricing replaces the fixed fee users are currently charged per every […]

Continuing to forge deals to push the adoption of public-access wireless LANs (AKA hotspots), Santa Monica, CA- based Boingo Wireless has forged a cross promotion deal with network solutions provider Netgear of Santa Clara, CA and Proxim of Sunnyvale, CA. Boingo has previously announced similar deals with SMC Networks. Anyone who purchases a three month […]

Mountain View, CA-based AirMagnet, makers of wireless LAN diagnostic tools, this week announced the AirMagnet Laptop Suite. The suite for surveying and managing WLAN sites has different bundles, each including the Windows 2000 or XP-based AirMagnet network analyzer program coupled with a Cisco wireless network interface card. AirMagnet Laptop uses the same interface as the […]

The Wi-Fi Alliance, the non-profit organization behind the testing and certification for interoperability of 802.11-based networking products, reports that as of November 29, 2002, the long delayed certification testing of 802.11a products for Wi-Fi interoperability will commence. Products using the 5GHz band for 802.11a wireless networks have been shipping based on Atheros chipsets since late […]

Enterprise network giant Cisco Systems this week announced its new Cisco Aironet 1100 Series Access Point. The Wi-Fi Certified, 802.11b-based product is the first wireless unit from the company based on the Cisco IOS networking system software. Cisco IOS is incorporated into most of Cisco’s series of wired routers and includes support for Internet Protocol […]

Today D-Link of Irvine, CA announced the availability of the D-Link AirPro DWL-AB520, a PCI wireless network adapter for desktop computers that supports both the 802.11a 5GHz band and the 802.11b 2.5GHz frequency. Like the other dual-band products on the market today, including the recently announced PC Cards from SMC Networks and Netgear, the AirPro […]

The Wi-Fi Alliance (formerly the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance, or WECA), the non-profit organization behind the testing and certification for interoperability of 802.11-based networking products, today announced what they call the "capabilities label" to be used on future wireless LAN products they verify as interoperable with others. This new logo will still carry the "Wi-Fi […]

As we reported back in July, the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA), the group behind the testing and certification for interoperability of 802.11-based networking products, has officially changed its name. As of this week, it will be known only as the Wi-Fi Alliance. The reason behind the change has to do with branding. The term […]

Almost a year ago, San Jose, CA-based Resonext Communications announced 802.11a-based RN5200 chipsets, one set for access points and another for clients. Now the silicon has cleared all the hurdles of standards stress tests with the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association and they are in full production. Each CMOS-based set two-chip combination works in only […]