Network Management Strategies for the CIO
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President, Core Competence Inc.
Lisa Phifer owns and is president of Core Competence Inc., a consulting firm specializing in leading-edge network technology. She has been involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of networking and security products for over 25 years. She has advised companies large and small regarding needs, product assessment and the use of emerging technologies and best practices. Before joining Core Competence, Phifer was a member of the technical staff at Bell Communications Research, where she won a president's award for her work on ATM network management. Phifer teaches about wireless LANs, mobile security, NAC, and VPNs at many industry conferences and webinars. She has written extensively about network infrastructure and security technologies for numerous publications, including SearchSecurity.com, Information Security, Wi-Fi Planet, ISP-Planet, Business Communications Review, and Network World. Phifer's monthly wireless tips are published by SearchNetworking.com and SearchMobileComputing.com. -
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Contributions from Lisa Phifer, Wireless Networking Expert
- Does XP with SP2 support PEAP as well as Cisco's LEAP for wireless authentication?
- I have been asked to design a wireless network for traffic light control based on Siemens-type ST800
- Can you please explain the concept of VoWLAN?
- How does VPN licensing work in WinGate?
- Lightning struck our WLAN at the antenna (bridge). Now it doesn't work the same. Can you help?
- What are the elements of creating a wireless connection between two buildings?
- How do I connect two wired LAN networks with a wireless link?
- I cannot establish a VPN connection the error I get is 'failure by initializing of IPsec link.' Can
- Do you know of any good 802.11i how-to guides?
- What are some of the common wireless hacking tools and techniques?
- Is there a secret to setting up a Dell 4600 to a Linksys wireless router? (model number WRT54G)?
- What equipment do we need to buy and which products do you recommend to connect a server and 30 PCs
- Which is faster, 802.11a or 802.11b, and what is their capacity?
- I would like to know about installing VPN failover options in a network.
- Voice over wireless testing
- Wireless print servers
- Is there a way to hook our network switch to our wireless router?
- Why did my VPN connections stop working when I upgraded my head office to connect to the Internet us
- How do I connect our seven offices to a VPN using DSL lines?
- I am encountering problems when trying connecting to the VPN.