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LAN/WAN  News Wireless IPSec  By Staff Reporter For many companies, wireless networks have the same low-level security afforded on the Internet: not controlled, not authenticated and not trusted. [Issue:October 2002]     Cisco steps up LAN security efforts  By Staff Reporter Feeding into the "lock-it-all-down" mentality surrounding network security these days, Cisco has released enhancements to its desktop switches aimed at curbing internal LAN mischief by end-users. [Issue:September 2002]       10 Gig to push Ethernet beyond the LAN  By Chandra Kopparapu The new IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet standard is said to represent a significant milestone in the evolution of Ethernet technology and provides a tenfold performance increase over 1 Gigabit Ethernet. [Issue:August 2002]     Alcatel launches IP offensive  By Network World staff Alcatel is making a hard charge at businesses with a variety of high-end IP products. [Issue:July 2002]       Technology blend in new WAN router from Enterasys  By staff reporter Enterasys Networks is blending several of its technologies into a new family of wide area network (WAN) routers that are designed to cut the cost and simplify management of networks in remote locations by reducing the number of devices required. [Issue:June 2002]     Can Ethernet be your MAN?  Staff reporter Today's Ethernet is mature, fast and flexible enough to support data links to metropolitan and wide-area networks. To hear Ethernet's proponents talk, the LAN favourite is muscling on to the wide-area scene tornado-fast. [Issue:May 2002]