Category: Wireless Networking
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Panera Offers Free WiFi at Some Locations
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGearBits pointed out that Panera offers free WiFi access at a number of their bakery stores. I live in an area with a number of Panera locations, so I consulted at the Panera store locator to see if this is something I could try out. Panera’s locator indicates which stores have…
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McDonald’s Chooses Wayport as Nationwide WiFi Provider
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCNET News.com reports that McDonald’s has chosen Wayport to provide WiFi service in its U.S. restaurants. They intend to make the service available in 3,000 restaurants before the end of 2004, and will “eventually” serve the remaining 10,000 locations in the United States. McDonald’s customers will be able to use the…
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Gateway 7001 WiFi Gateway Offers Enterprise Level Security at a Low Price
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy friend Nick Martini from GCF has been reading about my new home office wireless network and asked, “What kind of access point should we get for our office?” As is the case with a lot of small and mid-sized businesses, he’d like more security and accountability than you can normally get…
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TidBITS Publishes an Excellent Article on Wireless Security Need Assessment
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTidBITS recently published an article by Adam Engst, the co-author of The Wireless Networking Starter Kit about assessing the need for security on your home wireless network…. This is a thoughtfully written article that’s worth passing along to people who just plugged in their WiFi router, configured it, and forgot about…
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Finally Working with Wireless Network at the Home Office
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMost Operation Gadget readers probably forgot the thread I started about setting up a wireless network in my home office. I received my router and WiFi card way back in mid-January. Today, D-Link sent me the $40 rebate that they promised when I bought the D-Link DI-624 AirPlus Xtreme G Wireless…
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Activesync Disconnecter Lets You Control Smartphone Behavior More Precisely
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNechbi.com points out that RuttenSoft has released a utility called Activesync-Disconnecter that lets you turn Activesync off on a Smartphone running Smartphone 2003 without removing the phone from the cradle or stopping Bluetooth. Apparently, there are situations when it would be helpful to do this, but I hadn’t considered the possibility…
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Guideline Research Survey Finds Some People Want to Keep Wireless Devices Simple
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGuideline Research released a report on the America’s appetite for multifunction wireless devices. According to the news release, 49 percent of those surveyed have “no desire” for devices that allow them to multitask with their gadgets— either make phone calls, in the case of mobile phone, or hold data, in the…
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Netgear Rebates Bring the Cost of Wireless Gear Way Down
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNetgear is running a mail-in rebate program for wireless networking products purchased through the end of February. When combined with the sale going on at Amazon.com, this means that a good 802.11b wireless cable/DSL router like the Netgear MR814 can be costs less than $30. Rebates also extend to compatible 802.11b…
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Little Time to Work on the Wireless Network this Week
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome Operation Gadget readers may be wondering why this site has been so quiet this week. One reason is that a consulting client of mine has had me working on relocating their e-commerce site to a new hosting provider. If you’ve ever done anything like this, you know it’s almost always more…