WLANController.com Moving to the Cloud We are getting closer to launching the next version of WLANController.com our Virtual Access Point Manager for managing software access points and scanners. For the next version we will be operating the http://manage.wlancontroller.com manager “in the cloud” as the kids would say. We are using Amazon Web Services and we [...]
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WLANController.com Public Beta Ending Soon WLANController.com public beta will be ending soon. We are getting close to releasing GA version of application. If you haven’t signed up for any account go here to request one. If you haven’t already heard about it, WLAN Controller is a service that leverages your existing Windows based computers for [...]
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Motorola WiNG 5 WLAN Solution Motorola will be announcing their new WiNG 5 WLAN solution at a media event on October 5th, 2010 in Boston. “WiNG 5 wireless LAN solutions place the brainpower of a wireless controller into every access point to better route data and deliver security, mobility services and quality of service. Many [...]
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Campus WiFi – AirPennNet – University of Pennsylvania Founded by Benjamin Franklin, University of Pennsylvania “is home to a diverse undergraduate student body of over 10,000, hailing from every state in the union and all around the globe. Penn consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the country. Another 10,000 students are enrolled in [...]
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Wireless LAN Weekly Podcast The Wireless LAN Weekly Podcast is “A weekly audio podcast designed to educate, inform, entertain, and inspire Wireless LAN Professionals. Those folks dedicated to the craft of designing, installing, configuring, maintaining, securing, troubleshooting and managing Wireless Networks” hosted by @KeithRParsons and is available at no cost on iTunes or on the [...]
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Harvard University Campus WiFi Uses MAC Filtering While researching university/college WiFi networks for an expanded post about campus WiFi networks I learned that Harvard University’s wireless network will start using MAC address registration to allow users to bypass authentication when connected to non-guest/visitor WiFi network. When I first read title of document “MAC Address Registration [...]
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Broadcom WiFi Driver for Linux 11n Chips Now Open Source Broadcom open sources driver brcm80211 for 802.11n chipsets. “Broadcom would like to announce the initial release of a fully-open Linux driver for it’s latest generation of 11n chipsets. The driver, while still a work in progress, is released as full source and uses the native [...]
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Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Vulnerabilities Fixed Cisco has released free software updates that address vulnerabilities impacting Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) product family. Two denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities “An attacker with the ability to send a malicious IKE packet to an affected Cisco WLC could cause the device to crash and reload. This vulnerability [...]
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Why Your WiFi Sucks Your Access Point Sucks – If you are using 802.11abg access points then you are not getting the best range or throughput possible with WiFi. Consider replacing you existing router with 802.11n equipment. 802.11n has solved many of the issues related to range and throughput. I recommend also getting smart on [...]
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Nine Facts About Microsoft Virtual WiFi Wireless Hosted Network is the official name of the WLAN feature supported on Windows 7 and on Windows Server 2008 R2 that allows for virtual WiFi. This feature implements two major functions – virtualization of a physical wireless adapter into more than one virtual wireless adapter and software-based wireless [...]
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