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Cisco IoT wireless access points hit by severe command injection flaw

Network World

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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Wi-Fi 7 brings enterprise-caliber predictability to wireless networks, says Cisco CTO

Network World

The ability to more effectively control wireless networks will go a long way toward making Wi-Fi 7 a viable upgrade for current over-the-air networks and, in some cases, even hard-wired environments. The evolution of Wi-Fi 7 has included more than a decade of spectrum changes and standards updates.

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Nokia Expands Partnership With Kyndryl on 5G Wireless Services

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Both companies are set to develop an innovation lab in North Carolina to support edge and wireless in a multi-factor zero trust model. The post Nokia Expands Partnership With Kyndryl on 5G Wireless Services appeared first on Spiceworks.

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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

Network World

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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AT&T taps Cisco fixed 5G wireless gateways for WAN service

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Cisco Meraki rolled out 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) gateways, and AT&T said it will use them to offer a new service for business branch offices. Desai, product marketing lead for 5G fixed wireless access and WAN application assurance for SD-WANs at Cisco, in a blog about the new devices.

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