Wi-Fi gear makers are lining up to lend support to a new security standard, as they try to allay concerns about transmitting data over wireless networks.

Earlier this week, an industry group called the Wi-Fi Alliance announced the certification of products using the latest security specification, Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). The lack of a security standard has been one of the chief obstacles in the adoption of wireless networking technology within the business market.

WPA is the third specification related to Wi-Fi to receive certification from the Wi-Fi Alliance for interoperability, which means that approved products are supposed to work with each other no matter which company manufactured the product.

Gear makers such as D-Link, Linksys and NetGear are the latest to rally behind the WPA specification.

D-Link announced Thursday that its AirPlus, AirPremiere, AirPlus Xtreme G and AirXpert AGB wireless networking product lines will include the WPA update starting this quarter and will be available to current owners of devices as a free upgrade via download.

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