Tim Higgins
hField Technologies just launched new Mac OS software for its Wi-Fire long-range USB Wi-Fi adapter.
The new Wi-Fire Connection Manager 2.0 for Mac runs from an icon in the Mac’s Menu Bar and shows signal strength and quality, SSID and encryption type for each in-range network.
The new utility is a free download and works on PPC and Intel Mac’s running OS X 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6.
The Wi-Fire itself is available for around $59
SMC Networks announced today that it has started shipping three draft 11n wireless LAN products.
The SMC Barricade N Wireless 4-port Gigabit Broadband Router (SMCWGBR14-N) features a four port gigabit switch, built-in "Intelligent Stream Handling" auto-QoS technology and USB print server. Wireless security features include WPA and WPA2 support and Wi-Fi Protected Setup(WPS).
NETGEAR today announced new wireless LAN management products for small and medium businesses.
Netgear today announced the availability of a residential gateway with integrated 3G "femtocell" cellular base station.
The DVG834GH Femtocell Voice Gateway incorporates an ADSL2+ modem, router with SPI+NAT firewall, 10/100 switch, 802.11g wireless access point, Voice over-IP (VoIP) and 3G "ZoneGate" femtocell technology from Ubiquisys Ltd.
