Wi-Fi
A community portal about Wi-Fi with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Wi-Fi is a brand originally licensed by the Wi-Fi Alliance ® to describe the underlying technology of wireless local area networks based on the... [more]
A community portal about Wi-Fi with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Wi-Fi is a brand originally licensed by the Wi-Fi Alliance ® to describe the underlying technology of wireless local area networks based on the IEEE 802.11 specifications. It was developed to be used for mobile computing devices, such as laptops, in LANs, but is now increasingly used for more services, including Internet and VoIP phone access, gaming, and basic connectivity of consumer electronics such as televisions and DVD players, or digital cameras. More standards are in development that will allow Wi-Fi to be used by cars in highways in support of an Intelligent Transportation System to increase safety, gather statistics, and enable mobile commerce. Wi-Fi ® and the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED ™ logo are registered trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance ® - the trade organization that tests and certifies equipment compliance with the 802.11x standards.
A new wireless standard is set to introduce power saving features that will “green up” wi-fi networks. That’s according to wireless expert Matthew Gast, principal engineer at Trapeze Networks and chair of the Wi-Fi Alliance wireless network management and security technical taks groups.
Known by the catchy name of 802.11v, the IEEE standard will include:
Wireless Network Management Sleep Mode: a further extension to base 802.11 power savings that will allow for longer power-off times for 802...
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Get a Netgear SPH200W WiFi Skype Phone. With this phone you can make and receives Skype phone calls wherever you have Wi-Fi access. Works with most leading Wi-Fi hotspot providers including T-Mobile USA
Lets you talk for free to other Skype users without a PC. Calls any phone worldwide at low SkypeOut rates and it
works with security protected home WiFi networks.
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Cablevision announced a major expansion of their mesh Wi-Fi network, Optimum WiFi, which is now operational in many parts of its New York market. Optimum WiFi will deliver symmetrical 1.5 Mbps service throughout Cablevision’s footprint. The expansion includes commercial and high-traffic areas of Nassau County, in areas of Suffolk County, and on the commuter rail platforms and station parking lots across all of Long Island. "We believe free and broadly available WiFi access will become an...
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