Bay Networks has launched a line of Wireless LAN (WLAN) products, the BayStack 600 Series Wireless LAN Products obtained through the recent acquisition of Netwave Technologies.
The BayStack 600 Series Wireless LAN Products are the industry`s first 802.11 compliant wireless LAN solutions targeted at the enterprise market and other emerging markets such as healthcare and education.
The BayStack 600 Series Wireless LAN Products allow Bay`s enterprise customers to wirelessly connect the growing number of portable PC users to campus LANs, freeing workers from the constraints of their wired desktop connections.
This new found intra-office mobility will facilitate collaboration and multiply the enhanced productivity of portable PCs by providing high speed wireless access to all the resources of enterprise networks throughout the office or campus.
The new BayStack 600 Series Wireless LAN products based on Netwave`s patented AirSurfer technology, use sophisticated spread spectrum radios to provide a high speed, reliable and secure wireless extension of any Ethernet network.
Portable PCs equipped with BayStack 600 Wireless LAN PC Cards connect to the enterprise network from anywhere in the facility where BayStack 600 Access Points are installed.
"With the introduction of the new BayStack 600 Series of Wireless LAN products, Bay is the only major networking vendor to bring a comprehensive wireless LAN solution to enterprise customers," said Bay country manager Doug Batchelor.
"These new wireless LAN products, coupled with the adoption of worldwide standards and the resolution of technology issues relating to dynamic addressing and security, have now made wireless a legitimate and attractive option for corporations."
"As a mobile centric company, the wireless LAN technology from Bay Networks enables our large population of laptop users to connect seamlessly to the network. This increases productivity for employees on the road, as well as in intra-office environments."
Wireless LANs are an effective add-on network strategy for all businesses, whether they are large multi-site corporations or small-to-medium businesses. Advances in portable computers make them virtually equivalent in capability to desktop systems while the increased productivity that mobility provides has become extremely important to most corporations and their growing mobile workforce.
At the same time, applications and resources available on corporate, enterprise and educational networks have increased exponentially. Internet access, email, data exchange, client-server applications, intranets and now extranets put global resources at the fingertips of all PC users.
Wireless networking offers a new dimension in productivity for PC users, enabling true portability through continuous, non-stop network access. Continuous connectivity enables continuous productivity and the BayStack 600 Series wireless LAN products are revolutionising the way we work.
The BayStack 600 Series Wireless LAN products include sophisticated software and utilities to make installation, use and management of the wireless network a seamless extension to the existing wired network.
PC Cards offer virtual, plug-and-play installation on end-user PCs, access points can be plugged into any 10BASE -T or 10BASE-2 LAN port and site survey utilities assist users in mapping wireless coverage areas. The access points are SNMP manageable and include Java utilities for management of security and wireless configuration options.
The BayStack 600 series are available in two versions, the BayStack 650 and 660 wireless LAN products. Each comprises a BayStack wireless access point and PC Card. The Access Points are a wireless-to-wired bridge/hub that attaches to the wired LAN backbone. It enables multiple laptop computers which are equipped with the accompanying BayStack Wireless PC Cards to access the network wirelessly and seamlessly.
All of the BayStack 600 Series Wireless LAN products comply with the 802.11 industry standard. The BayStack 650 wireless LAN products use 2.4 GHz Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) radio type and they support between 10 and 15 mobile users per access point. They have a typical wireless coverage range of up to 225 feet in an office environment and 1 000 feet in an open environment such as warehouses or exhibit halls.
The BayStack 660 Wireless LAN products use a 2.4 GHz Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) radio type operating at 2 Mbps - the highest data rate of the 802.11 standard. The BayStack 660 access point supports between 15 and 20 mobile users and has a typical wireless coverage range of 200 to 300 feet in an office environment and up to 2 000 feet in an open environment.
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