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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
- Can a wireless router 802.11g be used with dial-up connection?
- What is RSSI?
- Troubleshooting wireless connection
- How do you pronounce UNII?
- How Lisa configures a wireless home network!
- Ad hoc connections
- What is "Orinoco"?
- Electromagnetic radiation and wireless access points
- Becoming a Wi-Fi service provider
- Are two antennas better than one?
- Microwave oven makes network go berserk
- Is SIFS shorter than DIFS?
- What wireless strategy would you recommend for a webcam?
- How many devices can a point to multipoint wireless bridge connect?
- Why is 802.11 called 802.11?
- How does a wireless client obtain an IP address if IPsec is enabled and can you tell me about pre-sh
- Setting up mobile workers on the local office network
- Adding a wireless access point to my current network
- Dual-band devices
- Setting up WLAN for a student hall (40 simultaneous connections)
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