wireless deployment

Handling tricky net deployments

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:59:57 -0500

Sometimes, you know, it's just hard to make a wireless network happen in a particular location. Interference from nearby networks, structural barriers to radio energy, high-risk security concerns--all of these can make for a very difficult installation. You can try improving your WLAN deployment practices, but there are times when new technology is the answer. It's critical to pick the right WLAN partner, and for a growing number of customers the right partner is Ruckus. Ruckus' beam-forming technology can make secure, high-performance deployment possible in environments that border on the impossible.

For more on a Ruckus wireless deployment:
- Read the case study at NetworkWorld

Mobile lock-down

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:01:38 -0400

When devices go wandering around in the big, wide world your data goes wandering with them. Keeping wireless devices usable means keeping data safe. There are a series of steps that you can use to keep people you don't know from looking at your most sensitive information. The basic steps are:

Know what to secure
If in doubt, encrypt
Policy perfection
Train users
Make it easy

Five simple steps to a more secure wireless device policy--and to a wireless deployment that won't leave your organization more vulnerable to information loss.

For more details on the steps to lock-down mobile devices:
- Read the full article at Network World

Editor's Corner

Sun, 04 Dec 2005 19:01:40 -0500

The best lessons in technology typically come from real-life experiences, and that's exactly what this interesting case study from NetworkWorld about Indiana University's wireless deployment effort provides. As the school's tech leader details in a great interview, embarking on a wireless project requires a lot of upfront work, site review and inspection and ensuring that your network will take into account all the various user groups who'll be needing service. While security was the big nut to tackle, Mark Bruhn also notes that making strong policy about individual wireless connectivity is also a key element to good wireless networking. If you get time this week, read the interview; it offers some unique insight into how actual deployments go and the lessons learned from them. - Judy

How to determine good access point location

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:01:37 -0400

Wireless technology is all about access wherever a user is and that comes right down to good access points (APs) that provide high levels of service quality. To achieve that goal, today's IT leaders need to ensure that the wireless local area network (WLAN) on the drawing board will provide a strong, robust architecture right out of the box. That requires a good in-depth review of AP requirements and location that mirrors a cellular telephone network in which APs collaborate and help avoid the dreaded interference issues plaguing many a wireless deployment today.

For more on a good WLAN approach:
- read this article at Newsfactor.com