AirMagnet boosts WLAN software security

01.03.2006

Las Vegas-based Smart City Networks is one company that expects to benefit from the upgrade. As a provider of conference and trade show networks, Smart City often has to deal with wireless environments that are rife with interference, said Ron Shaul, the company's director of technology development.

"Over the past couple of years, we've seen a fairly steady increase of non-Wi-Fi interference from cordless phones, microwaves and Bluetooth [devices]," Shaul said.

AirMagnet's new sensors can pinpoint and identify sources of interference more cost-efficiently than special-purpose spectral analyzers, said Shaul, whose company has been beta-testing Enterprise 7.0 for over a month.

Other enterprises such as hospitals and manufacturing floors could also benefit greatly from the features, he said.

In addition to incorporating a spectral analyzer, AirMagnet added location-based detection and alarm features that let companies identify rogue devices by location, Williamson said. That lets companies establish perimeters for indoor and outdoor locations and create unique alarms and location-based recommendations for security and performance problems, Williamson said.