FON is a company, which offers wireless access. Unlike many commercial providers, like T-Mobile, it adopts a more social tone. FON allows people to buy a wireless router from them for €30. They then share their WiFi with other Fon users and gain access to other Fon users’ connections. Whilst many FON users are in [...]

Categories: The Web

There are several reasons why someone might want to create a wireless hotspot in a location. It could be a to create a community wireless network for a household, shop or business, an Internet hotspot that provides free Internet access, Internet Sharing that makes it possible to share and pay for a single Internet connection [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Mobile Phones that support WiFi connections have a huge advantage over those that do not. Connecting to a wireless hotspot makes it possible to use services that would otherwise cost lots of money. How about free services like VOIP phone calls, checking emails or surfing the Internet ? Best of all you can do all [...]

Categories: Mobiles, Nokia

I have been playing around with a software called Easy WiFi Radar on my notebook for quite some time which is probably the easiest way to find and use open wireless connections. The main advantage of the tool is its simplicity. All that needs to be done on the part of the user is to [...]

Categories: Mobile Computing, Notebooks, Software, Windows

There have been lots of articles lately that explain how to secure a wireless network. Most of this articles contain at least one measure that is not enhancing security at all. This does not neccessarily mean that it is lowering the security on the other hand though. Let us take a look at the six dumbest ways to secure a Wirelss Lan.

Categories: Security