SPEEDLAN 10; 10 Mbps WIRELESS Bridge Approved in the U.K.SARASOTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 1998--Wave Wireless Networking See wireless network. , division of SPEEDCOM International, announced that SPEEDLAN 10 has passed Electrical Safety, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. and RF testing in the United Kingdom and is in compliance with United Kingdom Radiocommunications Agency standards. Michael McKinney, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SPEEDCOM International said, "This is a significant step towards the company's vision of providing metropolitan area, high-speed wireless networks in the European market." SPEEDLAN 10 is a transparent, MAC layer, self-learning wireless bridge with IP routing capability that will connect two or more Ethernet LANs. The bridge/router may pass all Ethernet like protocols including IP, IPX (Internetwork Packet EXchange) The network layer protocol in the NetWare operating system. Similar to the IP layer in TCP/IP, it contains a network address and allows messages to be routed to a different network or subnet. , Appletalk, etc. The units can be configured to have up to three wireless LAN ports to meet varied multi-point configuration, performance and budget requirements. It is the most flexible multi-point system available and is upgradable. As a multi-point Bridge/IP Router SPEEDLAN 10 reduces the cost connectivity because only a single multi-point unit is required to communicate to three separate satellite locations for long distance or metropolitan area networks. Wave's bridge/router software provides a special wireless reliability protocol, 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. management, wireless and wired link management remotely from the Internet. Also, it may provide optional encryption, auto fallback fall·back n. 1. a. Something to which one can resort or retreat. b. A retreat. 2. Computer Science to a secondary link such as another spread spectrum radio or T1 circuit. The SPEEDLAN 10 bridge/router has gained similar approvals in Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Italy. For more information on wireless networking products from Wave Wireless Networking, visit www.speedlan.com. Wave Wireless Networking is a 4-year-old multinational company that manufactures and markets high performance wireless internetworking products, specializing in multi-point connectivity for Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , education, hospitals and others. Wave's SPEEDLAN bridge/routers perform at speeds up to 10 Mbps and may be combined with other Wave products including E1/T1 full duplex wireless modems and voice over IP gateways to provide complete wireless metropolitan area networks. CONTACT: Wave Wireless Networking Hollie Graham hollie@speedlan.com 800-721-9283 941-355-0219 fax |
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