YoLinux: Wireless

There is also plenty of support for serving wireless devices. This is of course due to the open nature of the protocols involved: WAP, HDTP, WML, XML, etc.

Thanks to the LULA WAG (Wireless Action Group) which submitted many of these links.

• WapForum.org
• BigWapSite.co.uk
• Communications Systems Design Magazine: IEEE 802.11b - Wireless Ethernet - Al Petrick
• Communications Systems Design Magazine: IEEE 802.11a - Wireless Multimedia - Bob Heile
• Bluetooth review - Peter Coffee, eWEEK

Hardware Links:

• Antennas:
  • How to Make a Simple 2.425GHz Helical Aerial for Wireless ISM Band Devices
  • RadioShack: Antennas
  • Orinoco Antenna
  • AntennaWeb.org
  • Hyperlink Technologies: HyperGain 2.4 GHz Antennas
  • Hyperlink Technologies: HyperGain HG2424G Antenna Kits
• Ricochet High Speed Wireless Internet
• Hyperlink Technologies: Wireless Internet Systems
• NEC Wireless 1394 - Wireless Firewire
• LG Electronics: Wireless web pad
• Linksys: WDT11 - Instant Wireless PCI Adapter
• Linksys: Wireless products
• Rim: Research In Motion - Blackberry and Wireless Handhelds
• Sound Radio Wireless Products

802.11b:

• Page of 802.11 Links

Magazines:

• Wireless Business and Technology - Magazine

News:

• Red Hat to Create GNUPro Tools for Broadband Wireless Communications Processor
• MicroTimes: Broadband and standards
• Free Wireless network
• Slashdot: High-speed Wireless LANs
• Slashdot: Two Satellite Internet
• ZDNet: Sprint / Palm Alliance
• SFGate.com: Free San Francisco wireless computer networks

Linux Wireless Links:

• Sourceforge: Linux PCMCIA Supported Device List
• Using a Unix computer as a 802.11 wireless base station

Wireless ISPs and Services:

• Earthlink wireless
• FidoNet
• Urbone - Peer to peer collaborative massively distributed metropolitan area wireless network.
• San Francisco Bay 802.11b Wireless Internet Access Point List - Free 802.11b internet access.
• StarBand: Satelite based Internet access
  • FAQ
  • Services

Developers:

• MShift: Browser based interface to build wireless applications
• WirelessDevNet.com - The Wireless Developer Network
• Qualcom Brew - C/C++ dev for Qualcom architectures

Other Links:

• Wirelss Ethernet
• Wireless Networking at VA Linux Systems - Chris DiBona
• Ultra wideband - Yahoo search results
• IT-TelecomSolutions.com - Conferences, Training, Information, wireless internet, switching and routing, ...
• CT Expo (Convergence Technologies) - Trade Show for IP telephony, ASPs, Wireless and Streaming technologies
• Wireless/Portable Symposium & Exhibition - Penton Media
• Internet World Wireless Exhibition
• Example: Wireless installation from antenna to wireless hardware
• Federal Communications Commission: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau - Auctions

Wireless Security:

• Wireless LAN Security Issues
• AirSnort - wireless LAN (WLAN) tool that recovers encryption keys.
• Weaknesses in the Key Scheduling Algorithm of RC4 - by Scott Fluhrer, Itsik Mantin and Adi Shamir.
• WEPCrack
• CNN.com: Wireless security
• Security of the WEP algorithm
• Known Vulnerabilities in Wireless LAN Security

Cellular/Wireless Phone and Mobile PDA:

• Xcingular (was BellSouth Wireless Data) - Cellular coverage in USA
• Panasonic Gigaset corless phone review
• HEadWire.com - Mobile applications

Wireless Info:

• IBM Redbook: An Introduction to Wireless Technology
• IBM Redbook: Wireless LAN Communications
• IBM Redbook: Mobile Computing: The eNetwork Wireless Solution

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• Wireless LAN and Linux presentation

Mime Types for WML:

text/vnd.wap.wml wml            
application/vnd.wap.wmlc wmlc
text/vnd.wap.wmlscript wmls
application/vnd.wap.wmlscriptc wmlsc
image/vnd.wap.wbmp wbmp

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• comp.os.linux.hardware - Deja