Tim Higgins
MetaGeek appears to have reintroduced its original 2.4GHz hardware, renaming it Wi-Spy 2.4i and pricing it $99—just like the original.
In a related move, the price of the step-up Wi-Spy 2.4x, which includes an external upgradeable antenna, has been reduced to $199 from $399.
MetaGeek’s dual-band Wi-Spy DBx is still holding firm at $599.
SmallNetBuilder has discovered a hole in the Wi-Fi Alliance's 802.11n Draft 2.0 test suite that can allow Wi-Fi Certified products to interfere with existing wireless networks, in direct violation of a mandatory Certification requirement.
A long-running battle in the standard has been whether to allow the use of "wide-channel" operation in the 2.4 GHz band that is used by the majority of Wi-Fi products. The mode, also referred to as "channel bonded" or "40 MHz bandwidth" mode, uses up two of the available three non-overlapping channels in the band, making it impossible to avoid interfering with other wireless networks operating in the center of the band.
Interference from draft 802.11n channel-bonded networks can, at worst, render 802.11b and g wireless networks inoperable and, at minimum, cause slowdowns and unreliable connections.
Wi-LAN has added Broadcom and Realtek to its list of companies that have settled Wi-Fi related litigation. Terms are similar ...
NETGEAR has announced two business access points with 3x3 radios.
