WiFi
24 posts filed under WiFi.
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February 13, 2003
Wireless HiFi over WiFi
According to this article, Linksys will be releasing in 2Q03, a wireless LAN (WiFi) device that attaches to any 802.11b network, and searches the network for MP3 files, or even …
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January 28, 2003
AT&T Wireless turns to Wi-Fi
Have WiFi, will travel … AT&T Wireless “… announces a pact with a Wi-Fi network provider to give its subscribers wireless access at more than 485 venues around the country.” (via …
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January 23, 2003
Cheap Wifi Mesh ISP in a box
MeshBox “configures a group of wireless access points into a coherent “mesh” and connects them to any broadband Internet node available.”
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January 13, 2003
Portable WiFi sniffer
iDetect Technology: “Wi-Fi Sniffer, WFS-1, detects Wi-Fi availability by the press of a button. No longer do you have to boot up your laptop or walk around with your laptop turned …
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December 27, 2002
In-Room Chat as a Social Tool
Clay Shirky “… hosted a two-day brainstorming session for 30 or so people on the subject of social software. In addition to the usual “sit around a big table and talk to each …
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December 22, 2002
Wireless (WiFi) Signal Booster
“The Linksys Wireless Signal Booster piggybacks onto your Linksys Wireless Access Point (or Wireless Access Point Router) to increase the effective range and coverage area of the …
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December 5, 2002
Nationwide Wi-Fi
Got this one from John, but it looks like Intel, IBM Team With AT&T to create a Nationwide Wi-Fi Network service provider.
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November 26, 2002
WiFi hack goes commercial
From Pringles-2-Cantenna … “A Cantenna is simply an inexpensive version of the long range antennas used by wireless internet providers and mobile phone companies. Now, with your …
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November 2, 2002
Manhattan WiFi Coverage
From Kevin Werbach: “Marcos R. Lara of the Public Internet Project has unveiled an amazing map of WiFi access points in Manhattan, compiled by volunteers who drove along every …
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October 31, 2002
Giving WiFi equipment away?
This article on CNet almost sounds like it’s from 1999: “The nation’s oldest “hot spot” network plans to give away Wi-Fi equipment starting Friday, in an aggressive push to …