Your Guide To Wireless

Calling 802.11E

VoIP and multimedia applications could be in for a boost. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has just announced a new standard: 802.11e. This should give priority to video, audio and Voice-over-Wi-Fi networks. Ben Guderian, director of marketing at SpectraLink, welcomes the new specification but believes that the Wi-Fi Alliance has take on 802.11e : "The Alliance has shown the way vendors and markets get together, how we want to really implement things - rather tha...

World’s smallest EDGE base station

With the new nanoEdge base stations from Siemens Communications, it is now possible for the first time to provide full wireless coverage with EDGE technology - even in what used to be shadowed areas inside buildings, like basements or undergroud parking garages. In addition to being easy to install, these compact base stations can also be configured, operated, maintained and powered from the IP network. EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) technology offers high data rates of up 3...

Devolo Microlink dLAN Highspeed Starter Kit

Use your powerlines with Devolo MicroLink dLAN There's another alternative to wired network: Devolo's MicroLink dLAN products are capable of turning your home's main power circuit into a ready-made networking infrastructure. Using electrical cabling for transporting data isn't new concept, and wiring in the average home can support a variety of frequencies. As electricity uses 50/60Hz signals, extra data can be transported along the same wiring at higher frequency, without causing any interfere...

Stream a Little (iPod) Stream

The Belkin TuneStage for iPod lets you stream music wirelessly from your iPod to your stereo from up to 33 feet away, via Bluetooth 1.2. The compact base station plugs into your home stereo's RCA inputs or 3.5mm minijack, and the small transmitter plugs into iPods that have a fourpin remote connector next to the headphone jack (that, unfortunately, excludes the iPod nano and shuffle). Setup takes less than a minute, and the sound quality is as good as we expected, considering the Bluetooth c...