CNET.com.au's step-by-step guide to using a wireless router to share an Internet connection and build a wireless network at home. It wasn't long ago that the average household had just one computer, ...

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technologies lie at the forefront of modern communication, underpinning both everyday connectivity and specialised industrial applications. Recent advancements have ...

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Hackers are having a field day with unsecured wireless networks. Here's how to keep them from snooping around your company's wireless communications. The driver of the unmarked van outside your office ...

While much of today's wireless technology has become plug-and-play simple, complexity rears its ugly head once the user tries to set up networking capabilities, such as sharing printers or file ...

As a junior engineer, a 17-year-old Greg Raleigh spent the summer making vacuum tubes that helped broadcast radio shows. Fast-forward 25 years, and he's the chief executive at Airgo Networks, a ...

Until recently, it's been difficult to use the words "secure" and "wireless" in the same sentence. Recent developments mean that's no longer the case. We look at six different options. November 2003 ...

The call is echoing across the world: “No more copper!”Everything seems to be going wireless, including the local areanetwork (LAN). A number of approaches to the wireless LAN (WLAN)have emerged, ...

This excerpt is from Chapter 10 Wireless LANs from the book Hacking for Dummies written by Kevin Beaver and published by Wiley Publishing. You can download the entire ...