Matthew Peretz

Two IEEE Standards Collaborate Last week, the IEEE 1394 Trade Association’s (TA) Wireless Working Group (WWG) announced that the IEEE 802.11e QoS task group adopted QoS enhancement proposals made by the 1394TA WWG. IEEE 1394 is a wired multimedia standard defining a single, high speed interconnection bus that has been broadly adopted in connecting digital […]

Product developer and manufacturer D-Link Friday announced three new IEEE 802.11a compliant WLAN devices with plans for full production roll outs in Q1, 2002. D-Link calls these wireless products the D-LinkAir DWL-A series for WLANs. They are based on the Atheros AR5000 chip set, which is 802.11a spec-complaint. The D-LinkAir DWL-A520 802.11a PCI adapter, the […]

U.K.-based Red-M will be demonstrating Genos at the Bluetooth Developers’ conference Monday, its cutting-edge software solution for creating a stable, multi-technology network environment that enables both Bluetooth and 802.11-enabled devices to coexist and interoperate successfully. In addition to the Genos architecture, Red-M ‘s products include the 3000AS access server, 1000AP access point, and Blade PDA […]

ReefEdge, Inc. today unveiled an update to the ReefEdge Connect System for WLANs. The new ReefEdge Connect System 2.0 consists of two primary hardware products: the ReefEdge Connect Server, and the ReefEdge Connect Bridges. The solution as a whole is designed to deliver scalable and comprehensive security, subnet mobility, session persistence, and management functionality. The […]

3Com Corporation today announced the 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Workgroup Bridge. The company stated that it is the only Wi-Fi (802.11b) certified workgroup bridge. It effectively creates a bridge between any Ethernet-enabled device and any Wi-Fi infrastructure. The advantage of using such a bridge would be in enabling companies to set up temporary networks […]

Synad Technologies, a fabless chip start-up based in Reading, UK, today unveiled its Mercury5G dual-mode, 802.11a & 802.11b, chipset for WLANs. Synad’s location in Reading, UK, is analogous to it being based in San Diego, CA, according to CEO Mike Baker. The company is poised to take advantage of the major technology presence of companies […]

Bandspeed, Inc. and Open Interface North America announced Tuesday their new product which uses Adaptive Frequency Hopping (AFH) technology to allow Bluetooth devices to coexist with Wireless LANs. This would be particularly applicable to deployments in and around 802.11b WLANs, which dysfunctionally shares the 2.4 Ghz band with Bluetooth. The solution will be unveiled at […]

Texas Instruments continued its expansion into the 802.11 WLAN market today as it introduced its new cable modem refererence platform for wireless home networks. This will facilitate the development of a cable-enabled residential gateway for WLANs. The reference design, called the TNETC408 Residential Gateway (RG) Solution, incorporates TI’s DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) […]

Agere Systems today announced a new broadband gateway at The Western Show in Anaheim, CA. The BG-2000 (Broadband Gateway 2000) is a Wi-Fi certified, dual Ethernet port, WLAN solution targeted towards the SOHO sector. The BG-2000 can provide wireless connectivity via cable, xDSL, and ISDN connections and can be used as the access point (AP) […]

Solectek Corporation, based in San Diego, CA, announced last week that it has completed an installation of a WLAN for the Native American community of Isleta Pueblo. Isleta Pueblo had been using Solectek products for a number of years, but did not have a wireless LAN in place until now. Isleta Pueblo’s MIS coordinator Terry […]

Burlington, Mass-based Bluesocket, Inc. announced yesterday at Gartner’s First Annual WLAN Summit that its products now offer expanded support for the IEEE 802.1x security standard that has been broadly supported by both hardware and software manufacturers as resolving many of the problems with WEP. WEP has proven to be vulnerable to attacks by hackers and […]

On Tuesday, Magis Networks, Inc. announced that it will be holding a demonstration of a 5 Ghz, 802.11a transmission of HDTV. The demonstration is set to take place at the Western Cable Show, Nov. 28-30, in Anaheim, CA, at the Magis booth, number 1009. This is a significant test of the transmission capabilities of products […]