Tag: Wi-fi networks

September 9, 2022

A vulnerability found in an interaction between a Wi-Fi-enabled battery system and an infusion pump for the delivery of medication could provide bad actors with a method for stealing access to Wi-Fi networks used by healthcare organizations, according to Boston-based […]

April 7, 2022

Picking just 10 Linux open source security tools isn’t easy, especially when network professionals and security experts have dozens if not several hundred tools available to them. There are different sets of tools for just about every task—network tunneling, sniffing, […]

November 29, 2021

Wi-Fi 6 has some impressive improvements over its predecessor Wi-Fi 5 including lower latency, faster speeds, higher throughput, and increased range that can make it a better fit to serve both dense clusters of clients and clients running high-bandwidth applications. […]

September 16, 2021

The release of the latest iPhones is always an occasion for excitement, and this week’s announcement is no exception. Apple’s new mobile devices support the Wi-Fi 6E standard, a harbinger of transformative change we can expect in what people and […]

April 1, 2021

According to recent Opensignal data, 5G mmWave and public Wi-Fi are nearly matched in availability. However, smartphone users experienced download speeds 30 times faster when connected to 5G mmWave than when connected to public Wi-Fi, achieving an average upload speed […]

January 26, 2021

The rapid growth of devices on Wi-Fi networks and increased consumer demand for always-on connectivity has required service providers to rethink their approach to delivering a great Wi-Fi user experience. Wi-Fi Alliance created Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Vantage to help managed network […]

December 28, 2020

Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) has brought significant security improvements to Wi-Fi networks, particularly WPA-3Enterprise, which includes tweaks to make authenticating to the network more secure. One of these is has to do with 802.1x authentication that is used to […]

November 18, 2019

Boingo Wireless has launched neutral host cellular Distributed Antenna System and Wi-Fi networks at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY). The company will provide multi-carrier wireless services at the 972,000 square-foot complex that will, according to a press […]

March 24, 2017

When my phone drops a call and I have to call back the person to whom I was talking, I sometimes say that if someone could prevent calls from dropping they could make a billion dollars. While it may not […]