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
- Getting WEP association
- Creating a WPA2 compliant network
- High-gain antennas and the near field effect
- Wireless connection in the wilderness
- Secure network against illegal users
- Wireless LAN setup for hotels
- How different 802.11 standards work in various channels
- Differences between Wi-Fi and HPNA_338
- Multicasting on a wireless network
- What is the purpose of Wi-Fi ad-hoc mode?
- Wi-Fi hot spot plan or 3G wireless data service
- Emergency backup plans for wireless access
- Should I buy new APs with 802.11g or pre-802.11n?
- International wireless interoperability
- What are the fundamentals of ATM and ISDN?
- SMB wireless LAN setup
- Clients competing for bandwidth on an AP channel
- Why can't our wireless NIC get an IP address?
- Can you help me understand the differences between WPA2 and Cisco's LEAP security? Is one better or
- Is there really a big difference between cheap, residential-grade wireless APs and expensive, busine