Bay Networks Pioneers Enterprise Wireless LAN Market With Introduction of BayStack 600 Series Wireless LAN Products.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 1998-- Latest Addition to BayStack Workgroup Product Family Liberates Millions of Portable PC Users from the Confines con·fine v. con·fined, con·fin·ing, con·fines v.tr. 1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at limit. of Wired Desktop Connections Bay Networks(R), Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BAY) today launched a line of Wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) products, the BayStack(TM) 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 are available today and allow Bay Networks' 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(TM) 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 Networks is the only major networking vendor to bring a comprehensive Wireless LAN solution to enterprise customers," said Jim Vogt, vice president and general manager of the Workgroup Products Division. "These new wireless LAN products, coupled with the adoption of worldwide standards and the resolution of technology issues relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc 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 Same as laptop computer. laptop - portable computer users to connect seamlessly to the network," said Marshall Woolard, program manager for Virtual Teams at Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. . "This increases productivity for employees on the road, as well as in intra-office environments." Wireless LAN Applications Wireless LANs are an effective add-on network strategy for all businesses, whether they are large multi-site corporations, or today's growing population of 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 ex·po·nen·tial adj. 1. Of or relating to an exponent. 2. Mathematics a. Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent. b. . Internet access See how to access the Internet. , email, data exchange, client-server applications, intranets and now extranets put global resources at the fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. of all PC users. Wireless networking See wireless network. offers a new dimension in productivity for PC users, enabling true portability through continuous, non-stop network access. And, because continuous connectivity makes for continuous productivity, the BayStack 600 Series Wireless LAN products are revolutionizing how we work today. 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 (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. port and site survey utilities assist users in mapping wireless coverage areas. The Access Points are SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. manageable and include Java utilities for management of security and wireless configuration options. About the BayStack 600 Series Wireless LAN Products The BayStack 600 Series Wireless LAN Products are available in two versions, the BayStack 650 Wireless LAN Product and the BayStack 660 Wireless LAN Product. Each consists of a BayStack Wireless Access Point and BayStack Wireless PC Card. The Access Points are a wireless-to-wired bridge/hub that attach to the wired LAN backbone, and enable multiple laptop computers, 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 A wireless modulation method that rapidly changes the center frequency of a transmission. See spread spectrum and 802.11. Spread Spectrum (FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum) See spread spectrum. ) radio type, support 10 to 15 average mobile users per Access Point and 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 (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) See spread spectrum. ) radio type operating at 2 Mbps, the highest data rate of the 802.11 standard. The BayStack 660 Access Point supports 15 to 20 average 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. Pricing and Availability The BayStack 600 Series Wireless LAN Products are available now and are list priced as follows: -- BayStack 660 Wireless LAN PC Card, US $569 -- BayStack 660 Wireless LAN Access Point, US $1,799 -- BayStack 650 Wireless LAN PC Card, US $499 -- BayStack 650 Wireless LAN Access Point, US $1,499 About Bay Networks -- Where Information Flows(TM) Bay Networks, Inc. (NYSE:BAY) is a leader in the worldwide networking market, providing a complete line of products that serve corporate enterprises, service providers and telecommunications carriers. The company offers frame and ATM switches, routers, shared media, remote and Internet access solutions, IP services and network management applications, all integrated by Bay Networks' Adaptive Networking strategy. With headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Bay Networks markets its products and services around the world, providing 7x24 support coverage. For additional information visit the company's World Wide Web site at http://www.baynetworks.com or call 800-8-BAYNET. This release, other than historical financial information, contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. For instance, factors which could cause results to differ from future events include the timing of customer orders, the rate of adoption of new technologies in the data networking market, and competitive pricing actions, among others. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Bay Networks with the S.E.C., specifically the most recent reports on forms 10-K and 10-Q, which identify important risk factors which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Note to Editors: Bay Networks is a registered trademark of Bay Networks, Inc., and BayStack, AirSurfer and "Bay Networks -- Where Information Flows," are trademarks of Bay Networks, Inc. Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.
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