Wireless Network

What is IEEE 802.11n, what are the advantages and challenges for 802.11n in Wi-Fi networks

This article explains the IEEE 802.11n standard for wireless (Wi-Fi) networks, what is the bandwidth supported by this standard, what is the distance covered by access points employing 802.11n, the advantages of 802.11n, what are the challenges faced by this standard, what steps must someone ensure before upgrading to 802.11n and if it is... »

What are Femtocells and what are their advantages and disadvantages

This articles gives a brief description of Femtocells - what they are, why the cellular industry is excited with this concept, what could be the benefit to the consumer and what are the various dis-advantages and technological challenges along with how Wi-Fi compares with Femtocells. »

Security threats in a Wi-Fi Network

This article attempts to understand what kind of threats a Wi-Fi network could face, especially given the fact that even a person going on a road nearby could reach the enterprise Wi-Fi singals. We look at the vulnerabilities of WEP network, Network sniffers, SSID broadcasting, DOS attacks, De-Auth attacks, Mac-address spoofing, Man-in-the-middle attacks, honey... »

What is Wi-Max and how does it compare with Wi-Fi

Wi-Max, What is Wi-Max, advantages benifits of wi-max, wi-max technology, Wi-fi vs wi-max, how wi-fi compares with wi-max, wi-max in corporate companies, wi-max in educational institutes, wi-max in public hot-spots »

Wireless Mesh Networks

This article is about Wireless Mesh networks - how they eliminate the wires that connect to the wireless access point, applications of a mesh network, how mesh networks are formed and managed, what is mesh clustering and what are the advantages, what are the dis-advantages of a mesh network and of course, why mesh... »

Setting up a Wireless network at home

This article describes the basic steps to set up a wireless network at your home and some tips on security, optimization, minimum configuration settings to keep your wireless network secure. »

Why is RF Spectrum Management/ Radio management important in Wireless networks?

This article discusses why is RF Spectrum management / Radio management is crucial in wireless networks and how wireless controllers help managing the same. We look at co-channel interference and its effects on neighbouring AP's, how co-channel interference is minimized by controllers, and the options available for optimizing the performance of wireless clients by... »

Network Access Control in Wi-Fi (Wireless) Controller based solution

This article throws light into the possible ways of controlling the network access for a wireless user, types of authentication for wireless users, if the wireless users could be sub-grouped and policies enforced per sub-group, about port based controlling and user based controlling of sub-groups, if secure guest access can be provided through a... »

Types and features of wireless Access Points

This article gives a small brief about the various types of Wireless Access Points available in the market - Single radio, dual radio, external antennas, internal antennas, a, b/g, b/g/n technologies, support for mesh networking, stand alone, controller based access points and support for multiple services. »

Introduction, basics and standards for Wi-Fi Networks

This article covers a short introduction to Wi-Fi Networks, why they are exciting, what are the basic components involved in building a Wi-Fi Network, what are the standards used in Wi-Fi Networks and an overview of the competition. »