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Cisco IoT wireless access points hit by severe command injection flaw

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Cisco’s Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) hardware has been hit with a hard-to-ignore flaw that could allow attackers to hijack the access points’ web interface using a crafted HTTP request. Cisco’s other wireless access point products that don’t use URWB are unaffected. If this is disabled, the device was not affected.

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Network convergence will drive enterprise 6G wireless strategies

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Over 50% of global data traffic uses Wi-Fi and it will continue to play a strategic role in the 6G era, says Tiago Rodrigues, president and CEO at the Wireless Broadband Alliance. The three drivers for the convergence are cost pressures, user experience, and demands from key vertical markets.

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Cisco launches intelligent Wi-Fi 7 access points

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Cisco has taken the wraps off a pair of intelligent WiFi-7 access points and introduced a new way of licensing wireless gear across cloud, on-premises and hybrid networks. This integration lets customers from a central location identify and remediate performance bottlenecks across wireless, owned and unowned networks.

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Juniper expands AI management features for wired, wireless networks

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The enhancements are intended to reinforce the vendor’s AI-Native Networking Platform, announced earlier this year , which brings Juniper’s wired, wireless data center, campus and branch networking products under one common management offering. The package can now also detect APs that may be unreachable due to an ISP outage or other reason.

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DISH Wireless: Next-Generation Telco

DISH Wireless’ 5G broadband services narrowly met the June 14 deadline set by US regulator, the FCC, to cover 20% of the US population. It has now made services on its cloud-native 5G Open RAN network available in more than 120 US cities.

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How to deploy WPA3 for enhanced wireless security

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WPA3 is the latest iteration of the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) standard, succeeding WPA2, which has been the de facto security protocol for wireless networks for nearly two decades. The wireless controller may provide the support, or you may have to utilize an external RADIUS server. authentication.

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Notre Dame scores big with Wi-Fi 6E stadium upgrade

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to turn on Wi-Fi 6E , the relatively new standard that takes advantage of the 6Ghz wireless spectrum to provide enhanced wireless coverage for outdoor venues. Were committed to being a wireless-first campus, and with 6E Standard Power, we now have one of the most advanced wireless infrastructures in college athletics.

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