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Preparing your wired network for wireless network integration

Lisa Phifer — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:44:02 EST

Wireless LAN integration means upgrading wired networks with new equipment and traffic prioritization to avoid bottlenecks between the networks and provide QoS for wireless multimedia applications, including WLAN voice and video.

Integrating wired and wireless network management

Shamus McGillicuddy — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:48:19 EST

Aruba's AirWave 7 is the latest attempt by a vendor to make integrated wired and wireless network management a reality. But while the platform includes some wired network management and mobile device management capabilities, the dream of one integrated network management platform is not yet fully realized.

Cisco aims for jitter-free video over wireless LAN with latest release

Jessica Scarpati — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:48:42 EST

Cisco has announced the launch of VideoStream, a software feature set for its wireless controllers that is designed to push unicast conversion of video over WLAN to the edge of the network.

Wireless in hospitals: One organization's 802.11n wireless LAN

Shamus McGillicuddy — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:13:49 EST

Wireless in hospitals can revolutionize patient care. An 802.11n wireless LAN can also improve patients' experience by granting them a guest network for checking their email and surfing the Web. A New York hospital chain deployed a controller-less 802.11n wireless LAN from Aerohive to modernize its network.

Wireless LAN in 2010: cheaper, more robust and reliable

smcgillicuddy@techtarget.com (SearchNetworking.com Editors) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:15:42 EST

SearchNetworking.com asked Burton Group senior analyst Paul DeBeasi to predict what 2010 has in store for wireless LAN. He says 802.11n will get cheaper, more robust and reliable, and the MIMO menu will expand dramatically.

Data center networks in 2010: Two-tier networks arrive

smcgillicuddy@techtarget.com (SearchNetworking.com Editors) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:15:42 EST

SearchNetworking.com asked Gartner Research VP Joe Skorupa to predict what 2010 has in store for data center networks. He sees a price war driven by the HP-3Com merger, the rise of two-tiered architecture, and more 10 Gigabit Ethernet adoption.

Using NAC for smartphone security on wireless LAN

Shamus McGillicuddy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:32:41 EST

As unmanaged, Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones proliferate on corporate networks, network managers should use wireless network access control (NAC) to give them an idea of what's on the network and how they can secure those devices.

Unified wireless network still a work in progress for vendors

Jessica Scarpati — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:32:52 EST

Network administrators who struggle to monitor, maintain and secure both wired and wireless local area networks (WLANs) will find relief in unified network management tools; but vendors still have some work to do.

How many wireless base stations can connect to 802.11g access points?

Lisa Phifer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:42:32 EST

Our wireless networking expert, Lisa Phifer, talks about the information you need in order to support additional clients on 802.11g access points (APs), in this advice.

Why is my network adapter not working after a Vista Business upgrade?

Lisa Phifer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:03:32 EST

Learn why operating system upgrades affect older peripherals and what you can do to avoid these problems, from our wireless networking expert Lisa Phifer.