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TODAY'S TOP STORIES: LAN (LOCAL AREA NETWORK) TECHNOLOGIES
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Cisco Acquisition Broadens Wireless LAN Portfolio


Purchase of wireless LAN switch vendor Airespace will let Cisco offer less-costly option to business customers.

InfoExpress CyberGatekeeper LAN


InfoExpress' CyberGatekeeper LAN is thorough, if tedious to configure.

MCI Upgrades Suite Of Managed LAN Services


MCI extends services to SMBs, and offers three levels of LAN management.

Review: Wireless LAN Analysis Tools


Despite the hype, security isn't the only bogey plaguing wireless networks. We tested 12 portable wireless LAN analyzers designed to troubleshoot a wide array of everyday problems at the physical and data-link layers.

Cisco Leads LAN Switch Market, But Users Are Grumbling: Survey


Cisco remains the leader in the LAN switch market, but users are unhappy with the gear manufacturer's prices, and give the vendor lower ratings this year than last year, according to a new survey done by Infonetics Research.

Net Waves: Voice Over Wi-Fi: Are You Prepared?


Make no mistake -- voice over Wi-Fi will become the killer wireless LAN application that we've been waiting for.

Review: Cisco's Catalyst 6500 Series Wireless LAN Services Module


Cisco has revealed the premier element of its SWAN strategy. But will implementation issues ruffle some feathers?

Top WLAN Gear


We pitted four top names in wireless against one another in a bruising battery of testing. Our previous review's Editor's Choice repeated its victory, thanks to its well-designed switches and sophisticated access points.

Work Without Wires


Most companies are content with a couple of Wi-Fi conference rooms, but Capital One thinks a wireless campus will spur game-changing brainstorms. Is it time to reconsider the potential of wireless?

Peer-Based Security Aims To Protect LANs From Insiders


One of the biggest security threats facing IT managers and LAN administrators is increasingly the threat from inside.

Prudence Over Paranoia: Using Wireless LANs Securely


Wireless local area networks (LANs)give workers great flexibility and availability in accessing systems. Those benefits carry risks with them, but a prudent approach to wireless LAN can neutralize the threats.

Authentication Gets Into Stanford


Stanford University, fresh off its first installation of firewalls, recently added an extra layer of authentication to its wireless LAN after finding that registering MAC (Media Access Control) addresses left holes in the network.

Start-Up Aerohive Takes New Tack on WLAN


So-called 'cooperative control' approach to wireless LANs takes on market leaders Cisco and Aruba.

Equant Releases Managed Solution For Cisco IP VPNs


LAN VPN service extends to the desktop, creating a seamless wide-area network (WAN)/LAN environment.

Trapeze Compliant With IEEE 802.11i Wireless LAN Security Standards


Company embraces standards it help set in wireless LAN security.

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