Squeezebox For In Home Music Distribution
If you want to listen to your digital music collection in your bedroom or in your living room, you don't want to have to fire up a PC.
WiFi
MIMO Router Face-Off
About a year ago we looked at three products representing three technologies that claimed to deliver higher wireless speed and extended range. This time it's eight MIMO and one non-MIMO product that Tim Higgins put to the test, with surprising results.
Linksys WIP330 Wireless-G IP Phone
Linksys appears to be finally ready to make its move into the Voice over WiFi market with its own Wi-Fi VoIP phone. Tim Higgins analyzes the unannounced WIP330.
Linksys Product Preview – WAP54GPE Wireless-G Exterior Access Point
This time it's not the FCC website that provides a view of an upcoming Linksys product, but Linksys' own website instead. Tim Higgins provides the intimate details on the company's first foray into the outdoor AP market.
Linksys Product Preview – WRTSL54GS Media Storage Link Router
Linksys may have a holiday season gift for those looking for a way to stream locally stored digital media content without having to leave a PC on all the time. Tim Higgins previews the WRTSL54GS Media Storage Link Router.
ZyXEL ZyAIR G-2000 Plus 802.11g Wireless 4-port Router
ZyXEL's G-2000 Plus lets you implement WPA Enterprise without the hassle of setting up a RADIUS server. But Jim Hubbard found its routing performance could be a problem for those with higher-speed Internet connections
How To: Sniffing the Air
The nice thing about wireless LANs is that you don't have to be physically connected to use them. But that strength also opens the door to security problems. Derek Boiko-Weyrauch shows you how a popular open source tool can be used to keep tabs on WLAN activity.
UTStarcom F1000G – The First 802.11g VoWLAN phone
One manufacturer seems to have broken ranks with the current crop of 802.11b VoWLAN or WiSIP phones. Tim Higgins takes a look at UTStarcom's as-yet-unannounced F1000G.
ZYXEL P-2000W v2 VoIP Wi-Fi phone
Wi-Fi VoIP phones are a cool concept. But at least in the case of ZyXEL's second attempt at a low-cost product, the reality got Tim Higgins a little hot under the collar.
How To Crack WEP – Part 3: Securing your WLAN
Humphrey Cheung turns the tables in his final installment of the WEP Crack series. Part III describes an approach to wireless security that matches defensive measures against the level of expected threat.
Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Broadband Router reviewed
Linksys' WRT54G Wireless-G Broadband Router seems to have taken the lead over its sibling the WAP54G Access Point. Although it's priced about the same, it has a key difference that you should know about before you buy. Read our review to make an informed purchase!
How To Crack WEP – Part 2: Performing the Crack
In Part 2 of this series, Humphrey Cheung shows how to use the tools configured in Part 1 to capture data and perform a WEP key recovery.