Joseph Moran

Price: $249 Pros: High transmitter power output, rugged and water-resistant chassis Cons: Some features require optional firmware upgrade It’s an accepted axiom that one should always use the right tool for the job and wireless networks are no exception. While all WLANs function according to the same basic principles, the specific requirements and priorities may […]

Model: DI-624 Price: $109 Features Performance Pros: Fast performance, wide compatibility with 802.11g and 802.11 Cons: None I know what you’re thinking–you’ve read a review of D-Link’s router model DI-624 here before. And it’s true, products with this model number have been out for quite some time. So why are we looking at it again? […]

Model: MN-700 Price: $139 Features Performance Pros: Content filtering controls, good g-mode performance Cons: No advanced WLAN configuration features; poor throughput with WPA enabled The MN-700 Wireless Base station, Microsoft’s new 802.11g WLAN offering, clearly and unabashedly reflects the product’s intended audience, omitting many advanced features so that users don’t to have to be overwhelmed […]

Model: DP-311P Price: $112 street Pros: easy to set up, wide network OS compatibility Cons: 802.11b support only Physically D-Link’s 802.11b print server is quite compact, only slightly larger than its own external AC adapter. The device connects directly to a printer’s parallel port, and a configuration mode toggle switch and a pair of LEDs […]

Price: $99 for pair, $59 individually Pros: extremely compact, excellent performance Cons: only supports 802.11b, may be awkward with some computers Technically speaking, there’s not a lot that can be new and exciting about 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN client adapters anymore. However, that doesn’t mean that they can’t be interesting due to design characteristics. The AirDash […]

Model: USR5450 Price: $249.95 Features Performance Pros: 802.1x and SNMP support, excellent performance with native clients Cons: Pricey, no WPA (yet) Reading the packaging and various materials that come with the new US Robotics Wireless Turbo Multi-Function Access Point, you might be forgiven to think that the product was the best thing to happen to […]

Configuring WLAN devices has gotten decidedly easier with each new generation of product, but until now, just about every product out there has required some degree of interaction with a computer-based configuration utility or an interface accessed via a Web browser in order to get the device functional. The $79 Linklsys Wireless-B Game Adapter WGA11B […]

Model: AP-600 Price: $339 Features Performance Pros: excellent traffic control features Cons: Low 802.11g performance in mixed mode Residential and small office users have been enjoying the benefits of 802.11g products since the beginning of this year. For corporate customers who crave technological stability on the other hand, the letter “g” was not in their […]

Model: WGA54G Price: $129 Pros: 802.11g compatible, easy to setup for head-to-head play Cons: No WPA yet Several months after the finalization of the 802.11g specification, we’re starting to see the first 802.11g-based wireless Ethernet adapters — external units that plug into a product’s integrated Ethernet port to make it wireless (sometimes called an Ethernet-to-wireless […]

If you’re someone looking to obtain, strengthen or simply codify WLAN technical knowledge, then the $999.95 CWNA Certification Course from Wireless-Nets, Inc. is worth your attention. Whereas the Wireless LAN Concepts course I looked at earlier focuses largely on high-level conceptual information, the CWNA (short for Certified Wireless Network Administrator) course delves into much more […]

Model: PCWA-AR300 Price: $199.99 Features Performance Pros: innovative split router/AP design; can be upgraded to add 5GHz support Cons: pricey; few advanced configuration options The Sony CarrierGate Wireless Broadband Router PCWA-AR300 conjures up notions of telephone company scandal, but its name isn’t the most unusual aspect of Sony’s new 802.11g product. Sony is a company […]

Model: PCWA-C300S Price: $99.99 Pros: flush-mounted antenna Cons: flush-mounted antenna; won’t fit in some notebooks; pricey Sony’s new 802.11g Cardbus NIC is the $99, Atheros chipset-based PCWA-C300S, and physical design being one of Sony’s hallmarks, they made their card a little different than most similar products. Case in point: unlike most cards, which use antennas […]