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• The accidental home hack

  Someone, somewhere close by, could be hacking into your wireless LAN, but it might not be malicious. In fact, the perpetrator may be totally unaware he or she has invaded your system. ZDNet Australia looks at this increasingly common problem.

• Lack of security plagues Sputnik

  The open-source community entered the wireless arena with the Sputnik Community Gateway. Find out why this product may be good in theory, but needs some considerable work in the area of security.

• Managing the upgrade cycle

  There were two things that really made me do a double take when looking at the results of our software survey: the high number of users who had upgraded to the latest Windows operating systems, and the high number of those users who wish they were using something else (an open source solution perhaps?).

• Conquering the mountain of data

  Hospitals, government agencies, retail chains and other industry sectors are being buried by data. As the piles of digital files, X-rays and scanned-in paper records grow higher and higher, data-management applications are coming to the rescue, creating new opportunities for solutions providers.

• Jini: Sun's incredible disappearing act

  Controversy began brewing almost from Jini's inception. IBM refused to license Jini and touted a stealth project in its Almaden lab that competes with Sun's JavaSpaces, a Jini service capable of creating a networked marketplace for Java objects.

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• Six wireless access points tested

  Until recently, it's been difficult to use the words "secure" and "wireless" in the same sentence. Recent developments mean that's no longer the case. ZDNet Australia looks at six different options.

• Does HP want Cisco users to switch?

  Rivalry between long-term partners heats up as Hewlett-Packard seeks more gains in low-end switching market.

• Voice over IP + wireless LAN = ?

  It seemed to be an obvious recipe: take two popular emerging technologies and stir vigorously. But the end result isn't to everyone's taste.

• Vendors fail to simplify wireless LAN security

  Wireless LAN vendors have fallen short in delivering interoperable, highly secure products and despite vendor marketing hype, achieving a highly secure enterprise wireless LAN remains complex and costly, says Meta Group.

• Lack of security plagues Sputnik

  The open-source community entered the wireless arena with the Sputnik Community Gateway. Find out why this product may be good in theory, but needs some considerable work in the area of security.

Reviews (13)

• Telstra NetComm Turbo 7 Series Wireless Gateway

  NetComm Turbo 7 Series Wireless Gateway provides an easy set-up, good coverage and modest speed. While this system gives you the advantage of portable wireless gateway, wireless services are less reliable and cannot match ADSL2 speeds.

• NETGEAR ProSafe Smart Wireless Controller & Wireless Access Point

  NETGEAR has produced complementary hardware products designed to take the frustration out of deploying and securing wireless infrastructure at the enterprise level, and we were very impressive with what they came up with.

• Wireless crackdown

  The spread of convenient wireless LANs has delighted hackers, who find many WLANs vulnerable. Managing and securing a wireless network is therefore vital, but rarely done well. ZDNet Australia compares the offerings from AirDefense and AirMagnet.

• The best firewall is ....

  Looking for firewall solutions? We review nine options to suit your corporate needs.

• Netcomm NB5580W wireless gateway

  Despite some performance quirks, the NB5580W is an enticing bit of wireless kit for the first-time networker, thanks to its ease of installation and configuration.

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