3Com Delivers New High-Speed Wireless Solution at a More Economical Price with New 11G Wireless Lan Access Point.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NetWorld+Interop 2004 Las Vegas Booth No. 1009 MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2004 3Com Broadens Choices for Customers to Deploy High-Speed Wireless With 3Com Wireless LAN Access Point 7250, Complementing 3Com's Dual-mode and Tri-mode Wireless Products At the NetWorld+Interop (N+I) trade show in Las Vegas, 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ) announced that it has delivered the new 3Com(R) Wireless LAN Access Point 7250 for enterprise customers to get advanced enterprise security and management features in a high-speed, cost-effective wireless product. The Wireless LAN Access Point 7250 has a single 802.11-standard 11g radio design, delivering the high-speed wireless that can be easily integrated into a standards-based network environment. 3Com is also exhibiting all of its other wireless products - from small office to large enterprise - along with its IP telephony, data and security products at the 3Com booth #1009 at N+I. "3Com continues to invest in wireless LAN technology, and we continue to strive to deliver products that offer full standards support, upgradeability, reliable performance, manageability, Power over Ethernet Power over Ethernet or PoE technology describes a system to transmit electrical power, along with data, to remote devices over standard twisted-pair cable in an Ethernet network. flexibility and a high level of security," said Brent Nixon, director of product management for enterprise wireless, 3Com. "For larger customers who want tri-mode 11a/b/g wireless solutions, we have a compelling offering with the 3Com Access Points 8750 and 8250. But for customers who want lower cost 11g wireless equipment to enable high-speed wireless, the new Access Point 7250 should be the right fit." The new access point complements 3Com's enterprise wireless offerings, which include dual-mode and tri-mode (11a/b/g) access points, providing flexible and affordable choices for enterprise customers to fulfill their business objectives and meet their network configuration and security requirements. 3Com also offers wireless PC cards for mobile users' computers. Like the Access Point 8750 and Access Point 8250, the new Access Point 7250 has one of the most robust portfolios of security features on the market today. The access point supports Advanced Encryption Standard (cryptography, algorithm) Advanced Encryption Standard - (AES) The NIST's replacement for the Data Encryption Standard (DES). The Rijndael /rayn-dahl/ symmetric block cipher, designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, was chosen by a NIST contest to be AES. (AES) encryption in addition to Wi-Fi Protected Access (networking, security) Wi-Fi Protected Access - (WPA) A security scheme for wireless networks, developed by the networking industry in response to the shortcomings of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). (WPA WPA: see Work Projects Administration. WPA in full Works Progress Administration later (1939–43) Work Projects Administration U.S. work program for the unemployed. ) and Wired Equivalent Privacy Wired Equivalent Privacy or Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP) is a scheme to secure IEEE 802.11 wireless networks. It is part of the IEEE 802.11 wireless networking standard. (WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) An IEEE standard security protocol for wireless 802.11 networks. Introduced in 1997, WEP was found to be very inadequate and was superseded by WPA, WPA2 and 802.11i. ). AES is the encryption standard of the U.S. Government, and most 3Com competitors do not yet have that feature on their products. Security is enhanced with a variety of authentication methods including TKIP See WPA. , RADIUS, MD-5 and TTLS TTLS Tunneled Transport Layer Security TTLS Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (song) TTLS Transportable Transponder Landing System TTLS Trivial Transport Layer Security TTLS Tunneling Two-Level System . Additional features include 3Com Wireless LAN Manager software, speeds up to 54 Mbps and Wi-Fi certification. Pricing and Availability List price for the 3Com Wireless LAN Access Point 7250 is $499, and it is available now for purchase. About 3Com Corporation 3Com is a leading provider of innovative, practical and high-value voice and data networking products, services and solutions for enterprises of all sizes and public sector organizations. For further information, please visit www.3com.com, or the press site www.3com.com/pressbox. 3Com and the 3Com logo are registered trademarks of 3Com Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective holders. |
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