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Two years after the first multiple-input multiple-output-based wireless LAN products appeared, we’re finally at a point where a wide array of systems are available for residential and small and midsize business markets.
Test: A MIMO primer, 08/04/06Test: How we tested MIMO router, 08/04/06AMCC to buy 10-Gigabit Ethernet chip maker Quake, 08/04/06
Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) is taking a leap into Ethernet by acquiring Quake Technologies for $69 million.
SMC upgrades ‘smart’ switch, 08/03/06
SMC Networks this week announced that it has replaced its SMCGS24-Smart with an upgraded model, the new EZ Switch 10/100/1000 SMCGS24C-Smart.
Black Hat: NAC solutions vulnerable to attack, 08/02/06
Network access control technology has been promoted as the savior of beleaguered enterprise networks, but enterprise IT managers who are hanging their hat on client health screening should think again, according to security expert Ofir Arkin of Insightix.
SMC, Asante pump out low-cost Gigabit Ethernet gear, 08/01/06
While wireless technologies (Wi-Fi, WiMAX, MIMO, et al) grab industry attention, a good cheap Ethernet switch is still the building block for most networks. SMC and Asante this week added new products to the latter category.
High-Speed LANs Newsletter: HP blade switch evaluated, 08/01/06
Last month the Tolly Group evaluated the HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch, which is a Layer 2 device that provides communications for 20 blade PCs in the HP …
