With the right settings and driver, you should be able to connect to open and closed wireless networks with Linux. Closed wireless networks will require a passkey to access, a specific authentication ...

Wireless chip maker Broadcom on Thursday announced good news for Linux users in the form of a fully open wireless driver that’s compatible with the operating system. Wireless networking has long been ...

There has been quite a bit of discussion and celebration in the Linux community recently because Broadcom released an open-source driver for their wireless networking adapters. This is, undoubtedly, a ...

When WEP's flaws became apparent, the wireless industry started developing new protocols to address the published weak points. These new protocols grew up around the IEEE 802.1x framework, which is a ...

After installing a new Netgear Wireless-N Dual Band Router (review), I was anxious to test Linux with it. So far the results are... well... mixed. First, the baseline ...