Latest LAN news.
Foundry switch software secures WLANs, 10/18/04
Foundry Networks is adding features for its wireless LAN switch software that the company says will help customers make WLANs more secure and easier to manage while allowing for increased wireless client roaming.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/101804foundry.html?nl
The air is starting to come out of the wireless LAN market, 10/18/04
Network industry watchers have been warning for months that the wireless LAN market has been overfunded and was due for a shakeout. The tremors have started.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/101804wlanmarket.html?nl
Test: Network-modeling tools, 10/18/04
We recently tested the ability of three network modeling packages: Opnet Technologies’ IT Guru 10.5, Analytical Engines’ NetRule Version 6.0, and Shunra Software’s Shunra/ Storm Version 3.1.
https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/1018rev.html?nl
Newsletter: Wi-Fi Alliance talks tough, 10/14/04
The Wi-Fi Alliance this week issued an interesting statement regarding the still-draft standard for IEEE 802.11n – saying it won’t certify any equipment as compliant …
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/lans/2004/1011lan2.html?nl
Newsletter: Fiber-optic deployment up in certain segments, 10/12/04
A market research firm is predicting a sharp turnaround in the deployment of fiber optics this year after three years of declines.
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/lans/2004/1011lan1.html?nl
