Matthew Peretz

3e Technologies, Inc., a privately funded Rockville, MD based solutions company, today introduced its 3e-5201 Wireless Gateway for industrial environments. The gateway is designed uses a modular design and can support 802.11b, LAN, WAN, USB, HPNA, IrDA, Bluetooth, and broadband (Cable, xDSL, fiber) networking infrastructures. It supports 128-bit WEP encryption as well. 3e Technologies stated […]

In addition to announcing the addition of 15 new member companies to its ranks, WECA, or the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance, today announced the opening of a new testing facility for products in Reading, England. WECA, which was formed in 1999, has as its mission the overall promotion of WLAN standards and operates as a […]

MeshNetworks, the folks with the innovative Multi-Hopping routing technology that extends the range and robustness of 802.11 WLANs, has teamed with display manufacturer ViewSonic, Inc. in an initiative that will show its first fruits at the CTIA tradeshow in Orlando, March 18 through March 20. The joint technology initiative by the two companies blends MeshNetworks’ […]

Nomadix and Agere Systems announced last week an agreement to develop advanced access points (APs) for use in public areas. While this may not sound like much on the outside, it is important to note who the players are, and what their joint efforts are designed to produce. Agere’s ORiNOCO line of WLAN products are […]

AiroPeek and AiroPeek NX from WildPackets, Inc. now have driver support for the Atheros 802.11a 5 GHz wireless NIC adapters. The companies announced Wednesday that AiroPeek network analyzers, which currently support a broad range of 802.11b cards, will now be able to perform the same network analysis functions in the 802.11a 5 GHz spectrum. AiroPeek […]

Berkeley Varitronics Systems, Inc. (BVS) today announced the release of two devices, called Scorpion and Beetle, for installing, configuring, and troubleshooting 802.11b WLANs. Scorpion is an analysis tool for what the company calls “sweeping, analyzing, and optimizing 2.4 GHz Wireless Local Area Networks.” According to BVS, the unit measures coverage of direct sequence CDMA networks […]

Internet Security Systems (ISS) recently announced a wireless security assessment solution, called Wireless Scanner, which provides an active security solution for WLAN administrators. The Wireless Scanner software can detect unauthorized devices, provide security assessments as to the current vulnerability of access points (APs), provide network management information, read encrypted traffic, and create a host of […]

Planet3 Wireless announced today that it has received official endorsement of its Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) certification from the Wireless LAN Association (WLANA). WLANA is a non-profit, educational trade association for the WLAN industry. WLANA board members include Cisco Systems, Intersil, Enterasys, and others involved in the wireless LAN world. Planet3 Wireless, a privately […]

Meetinghouse Data Communications Thursday announced the immediate commercial availability of its 802.1X authentication software for MS Win 98/98SE/ME operating systems. The 802.1X standard is an IEEE -ratified authentication protocol designed to be used in conjunction with wireless and wired LANs to authenticate users at log-in and enables dynamic key encryption of network traffic during network […]

D-Link today officially introduced its D-Link Air DWL-900AP. The product is a combination wireless bridge or access point using the 802.11b standard. It has four operating modes for use in WLAN configurations. The DWL-900AP can act as a standard AP, a point-to-point wireless bridge, a point-to-multipoint bridge, or a wireless client adapter. The point-to-point bridging […]

interWAVE Communications, Ltd announced Tuesday its 802.WAVE system that it said bridges the bandwidth gap between 802.11 networks and GSM GPRS/3G networks. This would give GSM operators the ability to transparently attach 802.11 WLANs to their GSM networks, giving end-users high-speed services in places like airports, hotels, business parks, and office buildings. The 802.WAVE solution […]

Wireless LANs have been installed at the Governor’s Mansion and the Devereaux House at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games site in Salt Lake City, Utah. Users can avail themselves of a high-speed 802.11b network provided by Enterasys and two Utah-based companies, IKANO, and its subsidiary SISNA. The network installations allow users to obtain local transportation […]