Vista and WANs

There was an interesting article over at Network World that caught my eye today – Vista over the WAN:  good but not great.  As I have been immersing myself in WAN technologies lately, this has piqued my interest.  I admit that I somewhat agree with the reviewer – the experience over the WAN is better, [...]

WAN Status Update

Thanks for all of the help to my request for assistance with out two Tranzeo wireless bridge units.  The ultimate answer was so simple that I am still beating my head on the wall about it..

First, for those of you out there reading this who haven’t already met me, I live and work in the [...]

Request for Help: 802.11A Wireless Bridge Interference

OK, for the second item of the day, I want to make a general call for help in troubleshooting a particularly nasty 802.11A problem I am seeing between our office and branch office (basically, 1/4 of a mile down the road with LOS).

The wireless network works flawlessly for about 166 hours a week.  However, everyday [...]

Info on WEP Cracking

John in Oregon has posted a few links to some articles on Tom’s Networks that describe how easy it is to crack the WEP encryption many people use on their SOHO routers…

Tags: WEP

WPA PSK Cracked…

Alas, that temporary security solution for SOHO and home wireless networks — WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Keys) — has been cracked… Well, we knew it was inevitable. Unfortunately, for the vast majority of small networks — like those in homes and VSBs (very small businesses) — there is no better solution for the time being… [...]

WPA/PSK Support on Windows 2003 Server – Not Yet

I also wanted to pass along an update I got from PSS concerning WPA/PSK support on Windows 2003 Servers.. Regardless of what you may read in the Knowledge Base, there are no updates or hotfixes as of yet that will enable WPA/PSK on Windows 2003 Servers short of installing an upcoming service pack… This [...]