There are dozens of 802.11n products available, but until now, none were certified by Wi-Fi Alliance. This meant that to guarantee compatibility, purchasers of 802.11n wireless networking equipment had to use an access point and wireless lan card from the same vendor. In 2000 802.11b adoption took off fueled by low cost consumer grade equipment [...]

Filed under: WLAN Standards

Check out the video below on how to make a low cost parabolic reflector antenna for boosting your WiFi signal..

Download the intructions and template from www.freeantennas.com

I haven’t tried this but it seems like it should work, unlike this post on How NOT To Increase Your Wi-Fi Signal.

Filed under: How To Guides

A colleague alerted me to the 2007 predictions list below.
Since late 2003, inCode has been issuing an annual, widely read list of Top 10 Predictions for the wireless industry. These Predictions receive media coverage in well known business and consumer publications, as well as the industry trade press. For 2006 the Predictions were broadened to [...]

Filed under: WLAN Security

A great interview with the researchers that implemented aircrack-ptw for Breaking 104 Bit WEP In Less Than 60 Seconds.
When WEP was compromised in 2001, the attack needed more than five million packets to succeed. During the summer of 2004, a hacker named KoreK published a new WEP attack (called chopper) that reduced by an order [...]

Filed under: WLAN Security

Wireless Auto Configuration, available in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, dynamically selects the wireless network to which to attempt connection, based either on your preferences or on default settings. This includes automatically selecting and connecting to a more preferred wireless network when it becomes available. If none of the preferred wireless networks are found [...]

Filed under: How To Guides

Ad-hoc networking is a mode of wireless networking where two computers can communicate with each other without having to connect to an access point. The technical term of this mode of operation is IBSS – Independent Basic Service Set.
One of the most easiest ways to secure your computer from wireless threats, is to disable [...]

Filed under: WLAN Security

In a previous post, a well known non-overlapping channel deployment configuration for 2.4 GHz 802.11 networks was outlined.
Another option is to use a four-channel deployment scheme, either 1, 4, 7, 11 or 1, 4, 8, 11. Both of these scenarios are typically called slighty overlapping channel configurations, and are suppose to increase capacity in 2.4 [...]

Filed under: WLAN Design

I have tons of photos, videos, tax records, and other personal and professional information that I store electronically. My collection has grown to several hundred gigs and seems to be increasing exponentially in size every year. I needed a reasonably priced, high capacity storage solution with redundancy.
I would love to own a network attached (NAS) [...]

Filed under: Gadgets