Using RADIUS For WLAN Authentication
As described in my last primer, WLAN security can be significantly strengthened by using 802.1X to control access point (AP) “port” …
Month: June 2020
Philly Reveals Wireless Plan
According to the Philadelphia Daily News, at noon today, John Street, the mayor of Philadelphia, Penn., and the city’s CIO, …
Assigning 802.11b Access Point Channels
After completing a RF site survey, you’ll have a good idea of the number and location of access points necessary …
WiMAX: Broadband Wireless Access
WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is the IEEE 802.16 standards-based wireless technology that provides MAN (Metropolitan Area Network) broadband …
Interference from Cordless Phones
More and more households and businesses today are using cordless phones, made by a variety of companies, including Panasonic, Siemens, and Sony. The …
A WISP with Vision
John Scrivner, president and CEO of Mt. Vernon Net, a wireless ISP in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, just east of St. Louis, …
Understanding Ad Hoc Mode
Most installed wireless LANs today utilize “infrastructure” mode that requires the use of one or more access points. With this …
How to: Set Tomato Firmware for Wireless Client Modes
If you’re like most right-thinking people, you probably use your wireless router the way that nature intended—to broadcast wireless signals to clients. …
Dueling with Microwave Ovens
Radio frequency (RF) interference causes wireless clients and access points to hold off transmitting, which causes delay and lower throughput. …
Upgraded Wi-Fi Security for Windows XP SP2
Microsoft officially announced the availability of a free software update that adds Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) protections and Wireless …