Wi-Fi - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Telstra puts $13M into Central Coast mobile network

  ​Telstra has revealed a $13 million investment to improve mobile network coverage for commuters travelling from Hornsby to Wyong.

• Researcher exposes Wi-Fi security flaw

  Researcher Mathy Vanhoef has released details of a major flaw in the WPA2 protocol used to protect most Wi-Fi networks.

• Rural Queensland councils launch 'Outback Telegraph' public Wi-Fi network

  ​Seven councils in rural Queensland have clubbed together to roll out a free public Wi-Fi network being dubbed the ‘Outback Telegraph’.

• Virgin Australia begins in-flight Wi-Fi rollout

  Virgin Australia plans to offer in-flight Wi-Fi on the majority of its domestic and international routes.

• Global SIM provider United Networks debuts on ASX

  Australian telco United Networks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange today following an IPO that raised more than $7 million.

• Troubleshoot sluggish or non-working Wi-Fi

  I'm a big fan of working at offsite locations--meaning my local Wi-Fi-equipped coffee shop. In fact, I'll often spend the afternoon hunkered down at Panera Bread, iced tea in one hand and a French Toast bagel in the other. (It's bad form to set up shop without buying something.)

• 5 Tips for Pain-Free Wireless Home Networking

  Hair-pullingly bad experiences with wireless networking have led me to formulate Snyder's First Law of Home Networking: No matter who sells you the router, you'll have at least one excruciating session with tech support before you have an Internet connection.

• How to diagnose a bad Wi-Fi connection

  Network problems are the thorniest to resolve. They've been known to reduce my vocabulary to curses so strong they'd embarrass Quentin Tarantino.
  

• Find yourself on Google Latitude without GPS or a phone

  <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Google+Latitude.html">Google Latitude</a> is a useful--if slightly <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/158985/privacy_lobby_slams_google_latitude.html">creepy</a>--way to track your location on a mobile phone or GPS laptop. But you can get roughly the same sense of fleeting privacy on any old Wi-Fi PC; Google Latitude automatically pegged me within about 100 feet of my ground-floor office on GPS-free laptop.

• Opinion: The Internet of Things, huge data, and Starbucks

  Gibbs ponders how a Starbucks coffee cup could become the greatest business edge

• Google Wi-Fi snooping should serve as security wakeup call

  The continuing saga of Google's wireless snooping and the maelstrom it's generated won't end anytime soon.

• Google Wi-Fi data snooping: An FAQ

  Google is cleaning up its mess after the company says it mistakenly collecting browsing data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks as part of its Street View project.

• What's next for Wi-Fi?

  The recent formal approval of the IEEE 802.11n wireless standard marks not the end but the start of a wave of Wi-Fi innovation. In the next three to five years, the Wi-Fi experience will be very different from today.

• 802.11n set for final approval

  Sometime on Friday, at the sprawling Hyatt Regency hotel in New Brunswick, N.J., an IEEE group called the Standards Board is expected to approve the 802.11n wireless LAN standard.

Whitepapers about Wi-Fi

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  What is 802.11AX (WI-FI 6)? And why you need it

  The latest wireless standard addresses today’s biggest Wi-Fi challenges: performance and the increasing density of devices and diversity of applications. In this Aruba eBook, discover how 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) is enabling smart workspaces by delivering seamless connections and integrated experiences.

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  Case Study: James Cook University

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  Case Study: Microsoft Corporate Headquarters Runs Lync Over Aruba Wi-Fi

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  The New Normal: Mobile Device and App Behaviour Over Wi-Fi and Best Practices for Wireless Networks