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A wireless LAN or WLAN is a wireless local area network, which is the linking of two or more computers without using wires. It uses radio communication to accomplish the same functionality that a wired LAN has. WLAN utilizes spread-spectrum technology based on radio waves to enable communication between devices in a limited area, also known as the basic service set. This gives users the mobility to move around within a broad coverage area and still be connected to the network.

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Exploding the Myth that Unlicensed Spectrum Means Unreliable Service
By : Motorola Good Technology Published Date: Sep 10, 2007
For many wireless broadband network operators, the term "unlicensed reliability" is seen as an oxymoron. For many, the idea of building a high-speed network in the unlicensed band isn't a good one. A great deal has been said about crowded frequencies, self-interference and costly network rips. About how microwaving popcorn can cause interference. About disgruntled and perplexed customers. And ex-customers.
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Motorola Good Technology
3 Steps for Bullet-Proof Wireless LAN Security & Management
By : AirDefense Published Date: Apr 05, 2006
This paper outlines the specific elements of wireless LAN security (perimeter control, access control, date protection, and monitoring) and WLAN management (configuration, fault diagnostics, network usage, and policy enforcement). Reader will gain a keen understanding of how to effectively lockdown a wireless LAN and manage it for peak performance.
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AirDefense
Solutions for Detecting and Eliminating Rogue Wireless Networks
By : AirDefense Published Date: Apr 03, 2006
This paper presents the security risks inherit in wireless networks and explores the technical, functional and return on investment requirements needed for a monitoring solution for companies looking to protect and fortify their wireless networks from rogue wireless devices.
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AirDefense
Wireless LAN Security: What Hackers Know That You Don't
By : AirDefense Published Date: Apr 05, 2006
This document outlines how hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in 802.11 wireless LANs and describes the widely available hacking tools. As a collection of already published risks to wireless LANs, this white paper is written to inform IT security managers of what they are up against.
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AirDefense
Wireless Security: Ensuring Compliance with HIPAA, GLBA, SOX, DoD 8100.2 & Enterprise Policy
By : AirDefense Published Date: Apr 05, 2006
This white paper is designed to guide network administrators and security managers to design, implement, and enforce wireless LAN security policies that enable every organization to fully reap the benefits of wireless LANs without experiencing undue management pains and security holes.
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AirDefense
Best Practices for Wireless Network Security and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
By : AirDefense Published Date: Apr 05, 2006
This white paper will explore what security challenges wireless networks present, suggest best practices to ensure Wireless LAN security, and demonstrate how AirDefense Enterprise, a Wireless Intrusion Detection and Prevention System, can help you define, monitor and enforce your wireless security policy.
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AirDefense
Download The Wi-Fi Technical Poster
By : Xirrus Published Date: May 02, 2007
Get a technical foundation for deploying a high performance Wi-Fi network. Learn the details of how they work/compete, where they complement and where they're most effective.
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Xirrus
Embedded WLAN Delivers Rich Content Anywhere, Anytime
By : Texas Instruments Published Date: May 17, 2006
Download this whitepaper now and read how WLAN technology embedded in CE devices offers consumers a glimmer of hope that someday soon they will be free to experience their media content on their terms.
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Texas Instruments
Finance and IT’s Views on the Cost of Mobile Working
By : Fiberlink Published Date: Oct 12, 2005
This research study, led by CFO Research in collaboration with Fiberlink provides valuable insight into how organizations are dealing with sustained growth in the number of mobile workers and the costs associated with managing them.
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Fiberlink
Is Voice Over WLAN Ready for the Enterprise?
By : Meru Networks Published Date: Nov 21, 2005
This paper explains the numerous places where VoWLAN can go to work, why most offerings fail to make it work, and how only Meru Networks' standard-based solution puts the power of VoWLAN to work at enterprise-scale.
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Meru Networks
Mobile Devices and Users: Keep Mobile Working Safe, Secure and Under Control
By : Quocirca Published Date: Jun 09, 2005
Working with technology outside the office brings many challenges.  Use of laptops has grown from limited user communities to widespread desktop replacement and broad deployment.  The complexity of managing these devices outside the walls of the office is something IT departments have learned to address.

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Quocirca
Mobile Email Momentum: Challenges and Benefits for the Mobile Inbox
By : Quocirca Published Date: May 25, 2005
Email has grown rapidly through open Internet standards and the proliferation of laptops and personal computers.  When Canadian company RIM combined cell phone ubiquity with two-way pager simplicity in the BlackBerry, mobile email evolved from laptop connection to encompass a more portable form factor.

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Quocirca
PCI v1.1 Primer: How Does PCI Apply To Wireless LANs?
By : Aruba Networks Published Date: Feb 28, 2007
With credit card theft rising 21% annually, every retailer needs to reconcile the urgent need for PCI-compliant security with the equally essential need to increase sales and reduce costs through mobile applications.
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Aruba Networks
Productivity or Pain: Measuring the Value of Mobile Investment
By : Quocirca Published Date: Nov 03, 2005
Time pressures on businesses and employees continue to mount.  Increasing regulation, traveling and resource limitations compel many to work longer hours.  For many roles, productivity is difficult to measure, so improvements might not be as simple as making a greater number of appointments, but making more beneficial decisions.

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Quocirca
Promiscuous Monitoring in Ethernet and Wi-Fi Networks
By : TamoSoft Published Date: Dec 21, 2005
This white paper examines the problems related to the deployment and usage of software-based network monitoring solutions, methods of achieving network traffic visibility in various network configurations that include hubs, switches, routers, etc.
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TamoSoft
Revolutionizing Wireless LAN Deployment Economics with the Meru Networks Radio Switch
By : Meru Networks Published Date: Nov 21, 2005
This white paper is for the enterprise IT administrator tasked with deploying a wireless LAN (WLAN) of any scale, the significant investment in equipment, time and resources to properly plan and install the deployment is daunting.
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Meru Networks
Smart Mobile: Next-Generation WLAN Architecture for High Performance Networks
By : Trapeze Networks Published Date: Dec 01, 2006
This paper identifies the requirements for next-generation WLANs, examines the limitations of existing approaches, and describes an innovative WLAN architecture from Trapeze Networks called Smart Mobile™, which overcomes those limitations.
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Trapeze Networks
The Economic Benefits of Cooperative Control Wireless LAN Architecture
By : Aerohive Published Date: May 04, 2007
Are you looking to reduce the operational cost of your existing wireless LAN, and to make it support mission-critical, real-time applications and 802.11n? At the same time, are you challenged with the cost and complexity associated with most next-generation wireless LAN architectures? Check out the enterprise-class, cost-effective new cooperative control architecture from Aerohive Networks. In this real-world case study, you’ll see how Aerohive Networks' cooperative control architecture combines the linear cost modeling of autonomous APs and the operational advantages of controller-based approaches.
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Aerohive
Wireless LANs in Higher Education
By : Meru Networks Published Date: Nov 21, 2005
Universities and colleges are among the most aggressive adopters of Wi-Fi technology. The trend toward more collaborative and open learning environments, fueled by the explosive adoption of mobile devices among students and faculty, makes higher education campuses fertile ground for wireless LANs.
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Meru Networks
WLAN Design Considerations for Stationary CE Applications
By : Texas Instruments Published Date: Jul 13, 2006
Designing wireless local area networking (WLAN) capabilities into stationary customer electronics (CE) systems is most successful when certain design issues are considered early in the development cycle.
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Texas Instruments
Who Leads in WLAN Security? Comparative Evaluation of Vendor Offerings and Positioning
By : Trapeze Networks Published Date: Jan 12, 2007
This analyst report written by Stan Schatt, VP & Research Director, Networking at ABI Research  helps you decipher the WLAN security alphabet soup, understand architectural approaches to WLAN security, upcoming standards for roaming, load balancing and management frame encryption, and key security requirements that you should consider for you next WLAN deployment.
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Trapeze Networks
Wireless Device Management: Controlling the Wireless Enterprise and Reducing TCO
By : PEAK Technologies, Inc. Published Date: Apr 18, 2007
Download this paper now and read why many businesses now recognize that comprehensive management of their wireless device infrastructure is a crucial component of a total IT enterprise management solution.
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PEAK Technologies, Inc.
Aventail Smart Secure Access Control: Secure and Easy for Users and IT
By : Aventail Published Date: Jun 21, 2006
Today's office is now anywhere that a user can get an Internet connection, a PC on a business partner's network, a handheld at a WiFi hotspot, an airport kiosk, or a computer on a home WiFi network. But secure access is not the only driving business factor remote access must be easy to use and administer as well.
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Aventail
Advances in Wireless LAN Architecture: The Aerohive Cooperative Control Architecture
By : Aerohive Published Date: May 05, 2007
Craig Mathias, Principal of the Farpoint Group, explores the advent of cooperative control, an innovative new class of wireless infrastructure from Aerohive Networks. Aerohive’s cooperative control architecture gives you all of the benefits of autonomous access points and controller-based infrastructures, without the high OPEX or CAPEX associated with either approach. Cooperative control architecture represents an innovative approach to wireless LAN systems, one that incorporates a number of interesting features and corresponding benefits.
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Aerohive
Best Practices for Securing Your Enterprise LAN
By : AirTight Networks Published Date: Apr 19, 2006
Making corporate data accessible through Wi-Fi networks means intruders and other unwanted visitors can easily access such networks if proper precautions and tools aren't used to protect them. This paper will discuss best practices in all five areas to secure the enterprise network, whether wired or wireless.
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AirTight Networks
 
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