A wireless phone base station receives and transmits radio signals in its area. This area is called a cell - this is why wireless phones are sometimes called cell or cellular phones. As the phone user moves around, the radio signal can be switched from one cell to another, maintaining a good connection. The call is connected with the local phone network and delivered by phone lines, using a ground based antenna, or when the call is going to another wireless phone, by radio signals.

Not all GSM providers can afford to have 'land lines' connecting their antennas on the street with the switching station and the rest of the telephone network. If you have ever seen a GSM base station antenna mast, you might notice that some of them have little round 'dishes', or 'beamers' at the side of it. These are the directional antennas for the microwave links that provide the connection to the rest of the network.

A base station provides the gateway connection between a mobile phone and the rest of the telephone network.

Limit the number of DHCP addresses to the number of wireless access points that you will be using. Optionally, set static IP addresses, set to non-standard network blocks. Consider using VPN, SSL, Firewalls, RADIUS, Kerberos or other access control, or end-to-end encryption. Most of these can be integrated into your 802.11b appliance.

The campus wireless network can handle hundreds of users logged in at any one time, but the more active users, the slower the network becomes. On average, one access point can handle approximately 30 users without a noticeable degradation in performance.

The CareerLink Network group now consists of e-members from the surrounding communities and networking groups and members throughout the US, Canada and Europe! And more are added on a daily and monthly basis. There are 'pre-employed' persons from all backgrounds and industries, including IT, Telecom, Human Resources, Finance, Manufacturing, and Healthcare, etc. There are individual contributors to management staff to C-level executives in the group.

There are no cellular charges or recurring fees with our AdvancedAMR radio network, since the end-user owns the network.   The Advanced AMR Technologies private radio network provides 2-way self-routing communications that delivers timely and reliable information.  When all factors are considered, the overall costs of the Advanced AMR system costs less than other technologies.

Probably. Any wireless receiver supporting the industry standard 802.11b or 802.11g protocols should work. However, in rare cases, we have found wireless receivers which had compatibility issues with the computer upon which it was installed.

Emphatically not. Netstumbler is a good and courteous listener. It only records those elements of data that the access point (AP) makes public. It has no machinery for sniffing packets, reverse-engineering passwords, or even connecting to an unprotected network. Furthermore, NetStumbler respects the wishes of network owners in terms of the public visibility of their networks: If the owner of an AP disables the AP's beacon broadcast, NetStumbler will not detect it.

No. The best solution to this problem if you must print immediately is to transfer your document to a floppy or USB flash drive and bring the disk or drive to the Academic Technology lab on the ground floor of the library for printing.

If you are using web-based mail, then the answer is yes. For security reasons many non-standard Internet ports are blocked on the wireless network, so non-web-based email will not work. We recommend that you do not try to download large email attachments or run streaming media over the wireless network.

A wireless network is a Local Area Network (LAN) that replaces wires and cables with radio frequency (RF) connections. Wireless networks have a relatively small coverage area, between zero and 300 feet per radio transceiver depending upon the surrounding building structure. Wireless networks give you the freedom to access the Internet, email, instant messaging services and your company's network anywhere within the signal coverage area.

We have different wireless areas on campus that can be used by students. The main academic building, library, theatre arts center, student center and some outdoor areas on campus provide wireless network access. The network is accessible with the wireless standard of 802.11b, as well as 802.11g in specific areas.