Cellular tethering, MiFi and data usage caps

Before you deploy APs, use these tools for coverage and capacity planning; What WLAN site survey tools to use when Wireless Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Splunk Quickly Identify and Fix Service Problems Silos of instrumentation and tools slow the discovery of and recovery from problems. Find and fix problems fast with IT search. This platform lets you find the "needle in the haystack" across all the components of your services from a single location in real-time. Learn how customers are benefiting from IT search today. Spotlight Story Cellular tethering, MiFi and data usage caps There are ways to allow two or more devices to share a 3G cellular backhaul link to the Internet. The main motivation to do this would be to avoid the cost of a 3G NIC and data service plan for every device by letting two or more devices share one connection and data service. Read full story Related News: Before you deploy APs, use these tools for coverage and capacity planning The pre-installation site survey has long been a core element of wireless-LAN deployments. The concept is simple: set up an access point, and, running a site-survey application on a mobile computer, walk around, noting signal strength in various locations in order to build a coverage map. What WLAN site survey tools to use when Deciding which class of tool to use can be a challenge, and there is no easy way, unfortunately, to simplify this selection. All of the site-survey tools discussed in this review are quite capable of meeting the needs of most WLAN system planners and installers. Nortel accepts Nokia Siemens bid for wireless assets Nortel Networks has entered into an agreement with Nokia Siemens Networks to sell its its wireless network infrastructure business assets for $650 million. Trustive Wi-Fi hotspots get VPN shield Wireless aggregator Trustive claims it has come up with a way for its customers to secure their Internet access even while using public Wi-Fi hotspots lacking such security. iPhone 3GS keeps Apple ahead of the curve The iPhone 3GS's internal hardware indicates that Apple is still at the leading edge of smartphone innovation, say the electronics repair specialists at Rapid Repair. Agito brings WLAN VoIP to the BlackBerry Agito Networks said that it has stolen a march on the rest of the industry after launching a product that can deliver both VoIP and unified communications via Wi-Fi to users of RIM's BlackBerry handsets. Beyond WiMax: Intel shows prototypes Intel displayed prototypes for the next generation of wireless standards that will come after WiMax. June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are VMware's vSphere reviewed We found 5 things to love and 5 things to hate about VMware's vSphere. Take the quiz Are you a net know-it-all? Prove it. Protecting Server Virtualization Environments Date: June 25, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. EST/ 11:00 a.m. PST Deni Connor, principal analyst for Storage Strategies NOW, will host a live chat on Protecting Server Virtualization Environments. Based on a study from VMware, disaster recovery and business continuity is the foremost reason for deploying server virtualization. Register Today   June 24, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES Google grabs 1 million phone numbers for Google Voice Want a city job? Fork over your usernames, passwords University flees fire with network in a box First FMC support for BlackBerry arrives What is a router? Could Opera Unite be a botmaster's best friend? Nine Ball attack strikes 40,000 Web sites Weighing the pros/cons of desktop virtualization Microsoft backtracks, extends XP availability to 2011 M&A rumors include Cisco, Juniper Five Best Practices for Managing Mobile Devices This live event is scheduled for Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. PT/11:00 a.m. ET. Join us for this Live Webcast to learn how to easily support a wide variety of mobile devices across your enterprise, improve productivity and reliability. Regsiter Today Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now   This email was sent to networking.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com