Given a choice between fast, 802.11b; faster, 802.11g; and fastest, 802.11n, most people will pick the fastest every time. But, while the IEEE 802.11n Wi-Fi standard, with its up to 300Mbps burst speeds, is easily the fastest wireless networking protocol, until recently it’s never been a standard. Thus, a Wi-Fi access point (AP) using a [...]
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For a technology that’s all about being fast, 802.11n Wi-Fi sure took its sweet time to become a standard. In fact, until September 2009, it wasn’t, officially, even a standard. But that didn’t stop vendors from implementing it for several years beforehand, causing confusion and upset when networking gear that used draft standards from different [...] Wi-Fi systems are always vulnerable to being broken into. I mean, just think about, anyone can pick up your Wi-Fi signal. On top of that many Wi-Fi security systems have long been busted. But, not there’s a ’service’ that claims it will help you break into relatively secure systems for $34. What a deal! The service, [...] Recently I ran into the Internet connection problem from hell. My 6Mbps down/512Kbps AT&T DSL connection started running at speeds I hadn’t seen since my dial-up modem days. When you do what I do for a living, trying to work with an Internet connection as slow as that is like trying to run a marathon [...] |
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