Technologies - Wireless

Services

JANET Roaming - enables network logon anywhere using your own username and password regardless of location, in supported areas or from designated guest terminals at participating organisations.

Advice

The JANET Wireless Technology Advisory Service (WTAS) is available to academic and research organisations, and provides unbiased expert advice on a wide range wireless technologies and their implementation.

JANET(UK)'s Wireless Technology Development Area is steered by the JANET Wireless Advisory Group (WAG).

Publications

Technical Guide

Surveying Wireless Networks

Factsheets

Wireless 802.11 Standards	Wireless Networks: Health and Safety Issues and Recommendations	Mobile Networking: 1G to 4G
The Care and Feeding of SSIDs	The Alphabet Soup of the 802.11 Family	The Overlapping Channel Problem
IEEE 802.1X	Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)	JANET Roaming Security Measures
Connecting Wired and Wireless Networks	WEP, WPA or Other?	Guest and Public Network Access
Wireless Rogue Suppression	Wireless Security	Safe Use of Web Redirect Wireless Networks
Safe Use of 802.1x Wireless Networks

Case study

Wireless Networking (Preston College, Lancs)

Developments

Developments in this area are reported on in the Developments page.

Location awareness