Tim Higgins
“Cities will continue to deploy municipal mesh networks, but the rate of new deployments after 2008 will slow, due to concerns over the business model,” says Daryl Schoolar, In-Stat analyst. “Growth in the enterprise (large business) market, plus the need to replace previously deployed nodes, will help offset the slowdown in shipments to new municipal networks.”
The full 2007 Worldwide Wi-Fi Mesh Equipment Market (#IN0703647WBB) report is available from In-Stat for $3,495.
D-Link has unveiled a dual-band draft 11ac USB wireless adapter
Dell has released a 52 MB patch for its affected drivers: The company lists a wide array of adapters including Dell Wireless 1350, 1370, 1390, 1450, and 1500, and the TrueMobile 1300 and 1400 series of mini-PCI and PC Cards. That's one huge download to replace what's apparently not a ton of code. But it must include all the associated software that runs the system, too, as well as every patch for every device.
Broadcom says it has an AC3200 chipset rolling off its production lines this quarter.
