Okay, maybe not all, but some fine folks have set up a collaborative project to inform interested parties in the developing world about wireless networking and how they can plan and build cost-effective telco infrastructures. I would guess that the lion’s share of their efforts have gone into the creation of the book they […]

WLAN architecture debates remind me a lot of the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz… but the issue isn’t “if they only had a brain.” The issue is where do they put those brains. Many companies, such as Cisco, have opted for a distributed intelligence, with a certain amount of processing taking […]

One of the texts for my Broadband Wireless Networks class is the new Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) Official Study Guide, 3rd Edition. This is quite the feat, since the text was just published. We received some of the earliest copies shipped straight from the publisher, thanks to the authors at Planet3 Wireless. […]

In every survey about factors affecting deployment of WLANs, security consistently ranks in the top three, if not Numero Uno. Wireless security is possible, but most of the solutions which have been developed are aimed at mid to large enterprises, leaving the little guys wondering “What about me?”. Some companies are starting to […]