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Tuesday, August 26, 2003

Turnkey Hot Spots with DSL. Public IP offers a standard access point and DSL for a fixed price: This interesting business is providing a Proxim Orinoco AP-2500 configured to work as a hot spot, and handling contracting DSL service for you. The pricing is upfront and clearly stated, which is a nice bit of straight talk. The advantage of their approach appears to be a single point of contact, a single standardized hardware platform, and a single bill. However, even though these systems can work with billing and authentication, you'll have to contract with another hot spot firm to provide those services.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
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Boingo Wi-Fi checks in to more hotels. The Wi-Fi service provider goes after more business travelers, cutting a deal with a company that specializes in offering broadband Net access via the hospitality industry. [CNET News.com]
6:08:40 PM

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Hogs Get Wi-Fi. That's Harley-Davidson to you, sir: The 100th anniversary celebration of Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, expects to see 800,000 to 1.2 million folks arrive -- and they'll have Wi-Fi, courtesy of WEBbeams. How many hogs are Wi-Fi equipped? The weekend will show. One of the closed-off streets has a WEBbeams shop. They dropped me a line about the event, and I hope they'll provide some color coverage of how it all worked out.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
1:46:52 PM

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D-Link Offers Hot Spot Access Point. D-Link to offer a preconfigured hot spot access point: The Airspot DSA-3100 Public/Private Gateway has a suggested price of $599, for which you get captive portal/gateway page, up to 250 local accounts, authentication pass-through for back-end 802.1X and other AAA, MAC filtering, and time/bandwidth limits and monitoring. It also has various firewall and attack monitoring options. Configuration is handled through a Web-based interface, but it doesn't mention whether it's an encrypted, SSL/TLS Web server.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
1:46:18 PM

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News Analysis: Nextel Goes Indoors Nextel makes its first move into the 802.11 market with RadioFrame. WLAN? String it up!

http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=39078
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AirMagnet: Confusion Reigns in Wi-Fi Security

The company discusses the issues behind customers not knowing which end is up when it comes to keeping a WLAN secure. http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3068821
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D-Link Supports Hotspots with AirSpot

The company's latest product is a gateway for use in public or private settings, specifically meant for setting up a hot spot right out of the box. http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3068691
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