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News that's changing the Wireless World!
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Thursday, September 18, 2003 |
Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Turn a floppy disk into an 802.11b antenna: Slashdot nailed this French page (also available in English) prepared by regular emailer Thomas Gee, who has pointed out important French language and French-as-in-France Wi-Fi developments in the past. [via Slashdot]...
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10:36:50 PM 
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Airblock changes WEP keys on select hardware: Instead of installing 802.1X systems, I suppose it could be much cheaper to put client software on all connected devices that rotates keys. The Code Red Systems folks have a beta available for certain models (see Tim Higgins's story); commercial release is next year....
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5:45:59 PM
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Source: Ziff Davis
Company has been busy profiling its wireless chips, trying to extend the performance and bandwidth of the devices.
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4:01:59 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Xbox Wireless Adapter adds 802.11g for $139 list: The news was accidentally leaked via an FCC filing days ago, but Microsoft now makes it formal. The release date is Oct. 5 for the product. The release foolishly says, gamers on Xbox Live can experience speeds of up to 54 Mbps. Most other Wi-Fi makers are careful to say the network operates at speeds that high, but actual throughput is substantially lower....
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3:39:20 PM
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Source: eWEEK Technology News
Company has been busy profiling its wireless chips, trying to extend the performance and bandwidth of the devices.
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3:38:09 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Planet
Part of HP's larger Smart Office initiative, the new Mobility Now set of programs is for small to medium-sized businesses without an IT staff that are looking to get wireless -- both in and out of the office.
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3:11:21 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
EE Times has a good description of how AirFlow's WLAN switch platform works: AirFlow's solution attempts to avoid interference issues by stripping the MAC layer from the APs (access points) and centralizing a single MAC at a centralized controller. That means all the APs can be tuned to the same channel and clients communicate just with the MAC at the switch. AirFlow describes the setup as one AP--the centralized controller--with multiple antennas. It's a sound concept, especially for enterprises that might want to enable voice over the WLAN. Because clients associate with the MAC at the controller, they don't have to re-associate each time they move from one AP to the next. That eliminates some of the problems with current generation WLANs which can't quite hand off from one AP to the next fast enough to support voice. The downside is that the offering sounds super proprietary, so it could potentially be tough for AirFlow to comply with AP standardization efforts underway in the WLAN switch market....
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2:52:39 PM
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Kinko's Opens First Hotspot. The announced deal to put T-Mobile Hotspots in every location gets off the ground today with the first going live in Dallas, with northern California, New York and New Jersey to follow soon. [News]
2:38:53 PM
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Source: The Register
IDF New WLAN standards to deliver wire robustness, scalability
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2:32:53 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Telstra (Australia) says it won't expand its hotspot network: Telstra had rolled out some test locations in July, but it won't go full bore, even though they're apparently only offering GPRS for cell data (40 to 70 Kbps)....
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2:32:51 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
The company makes some announcements at its developers' forum: This is a pretty confusing article but seems to say that Intel plans to release its Sonoma mobile platform in the second half of next year. Sonoma will include 802.11a/b/g, a new Pentium M processor and a new chipset. It's not that Intel doesn't want to send out a clear message, but it looks as though they are simultaneously fighting a rearguard action against upstarts like Broadcom who have seized some of the laptop mindshare among manufacturers, while still promoting their vision of an integrated wireless future....
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2:32:50 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
This is a pretty basic story about how convenient Wi-Fi is for folks on the road: But it's nice to see in the paper for the masses. The story features one road warrior who spends on average $200 on Wi-Fi connection fees. That's indicative of the need for operators to band together to offer a single subscription for users because I doubt there's that many people who are willing to pay that much for access....
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2:31:42 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Here's another piece on Portland's ambitions to be the most unwired city: The author writes that Portland earned the distinction of being the city with the most hotspots "by chance," because the hotspots were built by the community driven Personal Telco Project. I’d give the Personal Telco folks more credit. The fact that they drove the efforts that made the city the most unwired, versus some big corporation, is pretty cool. Regardless, it’s great that the city government of Portland is fostering Wi-Fi development there as a means for attracting businesses. [via Nigel Ballard]...
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2:31:41 PM
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Source: Fool News
Plus, Microsoft's better board, and broadband booms.
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2:31:40 PM
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Portland as Most Unwired City. Here's another piece on Portland's ambitions to be the most unwired city: The author writes that Portland earned the distinction of being the city with the most hotspots "by chance," because the hotspots were built by the community driven Personal Telco Project. I’d give the Personal Telco folks more credit. The fact that they drove the efforts that made the city the most unwired, versus some big corporation, is pretty cool. Regardless, it’s great that the city government of Portland is fostering Wi-Fi development there as a means for attracting businesses. [via Nigel Ballard]... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
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