A faster variation on the 802.11b wireless LAN standard seems certain to arrive in the market too late to have any real use. The 802.11g specification may cause little more than confusion as it will ...

Range has been quite a contentious topic in the WLAN sector. Backers of both 802.11a and .11g have been fighting it out, claiming that one technology delivers better range performance than another.

Q: How should 802.11g fit into my WLAN deployment plans? – Stephen L., Ithaca, N.Y. A: The IEEE a few weeks ago ratified the latest 802.11 standard, 802.11g, after years of debate and development.

The IEEE this week is expected to put its stamp of approval on the proposed 802.11g standard, which boosts data rates on 2.4-GHz wireless LANs from 11M to 54M bit/sec. The IEEE this week is expected ...

Intersil Corp. said it has developed a way to turbocharge 802.11g wireless LAN hardware operating in a mixed network with older 802.11b hardware, according to Joe Zyren, the company’s director of ...

Bandwidth supplier Interoute is rolling out one of Europe’s first high-speed wireless Internet services based on the 802.11g standard. Privately-held Interoute of London has launched in London its ...

The 802.11g standard is still under development, with a final standard likely available by the end of 2002. With pre-standard chipsets just becoming available now, product vendors will probably ...

Atheros Communications is the first company launching an 802.11a chip solution. The WLAN chip vendor also sells 802.11g and dual-band 802.11a/b/g chipsets. Company president and CEO Craig Barratt ...

MANHASSET, N.Y. — The IEEE on Thursday (June 12) gave its stamp of approval to two new wireless local- and personal-area networking standards and two corresponding recommended practices. The move is ...

The long-awaited wireless LAN standard, 802.11g, has finally received the stamp of approval from the Standards Board of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Final ratification ...

The WLAN market is a bright spot in today's difficult economy, generating positive returns and growing revenues. Increasing competition is resulting in dramatic price erosion. Another interesting ...

Long a staple in enterprise WLANs (along with Cisco's AiroNet), the Orinoco brand of WLAN gear is getting a major refresh from Proxim, the vendor that acquired that brand from Agere last year. While ...