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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting edge PC operating system. SJVN covers networking, Linux, open source, and operating systems.
Latest Posts
Are we really ready for IPv6?
No. According to a recent survey by the Internet's Number Resource Organization, approximately 84% of respondents already have IPv6 addresses or are considering getting them. Excuse me if I don't buy those numbers.
British Telecomm and Cisco's Network Neutrality Fix
British Telecomm and Cisco think they have a new way to get around Network Neutrality: Start a new country wide network just for video.
Broadcom makes its Wi-Fi chipsets more Linux friendly
Broadcom, Linux users' least loved Wi-Fi chipset vendor, has launched a new open-source driver for its latest chips.
The Internet is running out of IPv4 gas
Or, to be more exact, the Internet running out of IPv4 addresses. Like it or lump it, we're all going to need to switch to IPv6.
Four ways to get the most from your 802.11n Wi-Fi
802.11n can give you really, really fast Wi-Fi... if it's set up right.
Does Cisco buying Skype make sense?
If you ever watched the later seasons of 24, you'll recall that Jack and his buddies at the Counter Terrorist Unit were always using Cisco Telepresence for video-conferencing. That was no surprise. John Chambers, Cisco's CEO, has long thought that Cisco should be thought of as not just the big dog of networking, but of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and video-conferencing as well.
There will never be enough Wi-Fi bandwidth
As both Internet video and mobile entertainment devices like the iPad grow ever more popular, the load on network resources will only grow ever higher. Frankly, most public networks won't be able to handle it. After all, they're already failing.