With the advent of wireless networking and laptops, we have greatly increased our ability to connect to the Internet without the use of a cord. There are a lot of advantages to wireless networking including convenience, mobility and low cost. There are also a few disadvantages which include lack of security, lack of range, lack of reliability, and lack of speed. (more…)

In today’s technological world a wireless nurse call system, will normally be the cheapest, most configurable, and most reliable answer for receiving emergency alarms from the occupants in your hospital or assisted living care home.

Alongside the newer, wireless nurse alerting systems there are a myriad of clunky old “call bell” systems in use today. (more…)

Hotspots are public wireless Internet access points. Most laptops and some PDAs can access the Internet by connecting to them.

Of course, you have to find them first. Here are a few ways you can do that.

You could walk around the city, looking for them. (more…)

Start by making sure you’ve got everything you need. There should be some instructions in the box that will tell you what was supposed to come with your router.

If you can’t find the instructions, look on the CD that came with the router. They’re usually on there. Print them out, or read them on your computer. (more…)

It was not that long ago that copper wire was the single element that enabled the majority of business organizations to communicate with the world.

Growing businesses today require not only more bandwidth than traditional copper-wired phone systems deliver, they also need more control of how these systems are configured for optimal cost-savings. (more…)

A strong wireless network can have a very positive effect on virtually any community which has one in place. The benefits go way beyond just simple entertainment, a strong wireless network ensures that even residents on a tight budget can remain in contact with friends and loved ones and it can provide an incredible resource for the education of students of all ages; from entering school all the way through graduate school. (more…)

Do you still remember when first generation of computers were built? At that time only big corporations and large universities are the parties that have privileges to own such a massive and expensive electronic device. But now computers have become common devices, you can easily find 4 or 5 of them in the house of your neighbors. The history of Wireless LANs is also taking the same path with large research companies implementing Wireless LAN for the first time. Now the technology has been successfully adapted by home and office networking consumers. The winning point for the development of this technology is as the technology become mature the price become lower. Wireless LANs technology has fast adoption rate due to the many advantages they offer to a variety of situations (more…)

Fixed broadband wireless is moving ahead as vendors earn new contracts and deliver new and improved range of products offering more features, bandwidth and ease of adaptability. Application that are using fixed wireless solutions can be grouped into 2 forms: point to point and point to multipoint. The straightforward point to point configuration include the inter building connectivity within campus are and into some extend to microwave backhaul. (more…)

If you are a frequent traveler, perhaps you are already familiar with hotel wifi. Many international or national hotels and resorts that added free free wifi access as amenity for their guests. Hotel wifi provides internet access in public areas, meeting rooms, lobbies, lounges as well as in your rooms. Even though some hotels do not offer wireless internet access in your rooms, you can make it available with simple steps for do-it-yourself for hotel free wifi. The simplest solution is by bringing your portable wireless base station, plug it to wall outlet power and connect to hotel’s ethernet port. Walaa, you’ve got yourself a simple DIY hotel wifi or portable hotstpot. (more…)

In 2006, 3G systems were starting to be widely deployed. The picture differed from country to country and even between operators, with new operators predictably having the largest deployments. There is a range of 3G technologies, all based around CDMA technology and including W-CDMA (with both FDD and TDD variants), TD-SCDMA (the Chinese standard) and Cdma2000 (the US standard). (more…)