Meru's "virtualized wireless" is the equivalent of a network switch, not a hub. It allows the network manger to dedicate bandwidth out to each user. Arguably, there has been no hotter technology over ...

LAN technology recently passed a milestone — it has been around for 30 years, some of them tumultuous. But while the LAN seems ubiquitous now, there are those who think its future may be more troubled ...

Access-control lists, originally designed for routers to deny or admit packets entering a network from a WAN, have drawbacks in controlling a diverse group of users accessing LANs. ACLs have no ...

Nokia Aurelis Optical LAN is a next generation, fiber-based solution purpose-built to deliver simple, reliable and future-proof LAN connectivity for enterprises. Optical LAN uses up to 70% less ...

The aggressive use of new technology has always been a leading contributor to VARs' success. Now, more powerful wireless LAN technology is creating opportunities for VARs. But it also presents a ...

It can be hard to predict costs when planning a large-scale wireless LAN (WLAN). What impact does the new technology have on existing products, policies and procedures? Is there a significant learning ...

Ethernet switch vendors who offer combined or unified LAN and WLAN gear say the ultimate goal is to get wired and wireless network technologies to appear as a single network access layer. However, ...

With Ethernet turning 50 this year, Ars is resurfacing this feature on the development and evolution of Ethernet that was originally published in 2011. Although watching TV shows from the 1970s ...

Nortel Networks is teaming up with Trapeze Networks to start reselling the company’s wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment by midyear and later co-develop products with embedded Trapeze technology, the ...

Wi-LAN Inc., a Canadian wireless network vendor, filed a patent lawsuit against Cisco Systems Inc. on Wednesday and is taking aim at much of the wireless LAN business as well as the emerging wireless ...

DZS (DZSI) announced that The George, a hospitality venue in the heart of Tel Aviv, Israel, is leveraging DZS FiberLAN technology as the backbone of its next-generation communications infrastructure.