Networking Webcasts:

Premiered:

11 MAY 2005, 00:00 EDT (04:00, GMT)

Speakers:

John Gallant - President and Editorial Director for Network World

Michael Hadley - Wireless Product Manager for Fluke Networks Incorporated

David Skingley - OptiView Series Product Marketing Manager for Fluke Networks

Sponsor:

Fluke Networks

Summary:

While wireless access to information and applications does increased productivity, wireless LANs bring a new set of management and security challenges. In this presentation, you'll get an overview of wireless LANs including: key standards; the link and physical layer wireless LAN; infrastructure, bridge, and ad-hoc modes; and wireless switch architecture.

For the employee, the idea of having wireless access throughout the company is very appealing. But for the IT executive who has to deploy, manage and secure those wireless connections, things are a bit more complicated. Wireless LANs can be tricky to design and deploy because you need to be able to pinpoint and resolve problems that occur during day-to-day operations, and make sure you have the tools to actively monitor and manage your wireless systems.