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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
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Timing is Everything
You think you have network problems? Try this one on for size. You're a network administrator at the University of Wisconsin (UW) in June when suddenly your Network Time Protocol (NTP) server is getting...
LWAPP: Standardizing Centralized Wi-Fi Management
Wi-Fi LANs just keep growing and growing.
And, that's great, unless you have to manage dozens or hundreds of them one
by one. Then, maybe it's not so great. Lightweight...
Wi-Fi Shopping 101
If you're like me, when you go shopping for a Wi-Fi device, either online or
at your local electronics superstore, you can find it much too easy to be confused
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Wi-Fi and 3G Together?
We all know that Wi-Fi is big and getting bigger. Indeed, in the States, Wi-Fi
access is becoming as common as a cafe latte thanks to businesses like Starbucks,
which...
Protecting Your 80211 Network with WPA
After suffering with Wired Equivalent
Privacy (WEP) for what seems like ages, we finally have a
wireless security protocol, Wi-Fi Protected
Access (WPA) that gives us reasonable, albeit...
Routers, Switches and Wi-Fi, Oh My!
Let's get straight to the point; if all you're doing is sharing your Wi-Fi
connection with your roommates or neighbors, you need to buy a wireless switch
like a...
Making the WPA Upgrade
After suffering with Wired Equivalent
Privacy (WEP) for what seems like ages, we finally have a
wireless security protocol, Wi-Fi Protected
Access (WPA) that gives us reasonable, albeit...
Making the Most from WEP
We all know by now that 802.11's wired equivalent
privacy (WEP) isn't good enough to protect our data. That isn't just the
theory, it's a fact. Sure, WEP will stop...
