that are sucking up their marketing budgets. Which brings us to yesterday's surprising announcement by the Wi-Fi Alliance that it will certify draft 802.11n products. I am certainly sympathetic with the pressures that have been brought to bear on the Alliance,...

get to in a moment.. The Wi-Fi Alliance chose N+I for the coming-out party for its enhanced security initiative called Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). The press releases from the Alliance and the first 'graduating class' companies - Atheros, Intersil, Broadcom,...

and WPA simultaneously, i asked the Wi-Fi Alliance for clarification of their position on this subject. Here is the reply I received from C. Brian Grimm, the Alliance's Marketing Director: - Mixed mode WPA (simultaneous WEP and WPA clients in one BSS/ESS)...

• -WPA in action - Intersil 11g Performance
• -User Authentication
• -Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) NeedToKnow - Part II

and Sony to "establish an alliance for high-speed power line communication (PLC)". According to the release, the new alliance is tentatively called the CE-Powerline Communication Alliance (CEPCA) and "will promote PLC-capable home networking worldwide by encouraging...

Are We There Yet?. wpa . The Wi-Fi Alliance and IEEE 802.11 Task Group i have finally heard the voice of the marketplace.. So let's see, WPA gives us robust encryption and user authentication that even a home user can deal with. So what are those IEEE guys...

the formation of a new powerline networking industry group, the UPA (Universal Powerline Association), bode well for keeping everyone under the HomePlug tent. The other evidence that AV may be further off than the Alliance would have us believe is Intellon's...

carry a full load of media around the house using the power grid? Short answer: No, not really.. Back in 2000, a group of electronic device and networking manufacturers got together and founded an industry association called the HomePlug Powerline Alliance....