The glue that holds it all together: Gateway wireless products strengthen the bond between PC and CE devices: new line of Gateway-branded industry-standard wireless networking products.Gateway today fortifies the wireless home with the company's first line of Gateway-branded wireless networking See wireless network. products that enable computer and consumer electronics to share broadband Internet See broadband. and multimedia applications. The new products, including broadband routers A device that provides access to the Internet for multiple computers. It typically includes a network switch with four or more Ethernet ports for wired connections to desktop and laptop computers. "Wireless" broadband routers include an 802.11g access point. and wireless adapters A device that adds wireless connectivity to a computer or PDA. It is attached via a USB port, PC Card, memory card or is plugged into the PCI bus inside the computer. There are three types of wireless adapters: Wi-Fi, cellular and Bluetooth. for portable and desktop computers, support the company's branded integrator strategy of delivering digital gear that works together. The new wireless networking products advance the company's plan to launch 50 new Gateway-branded products in 15 categories this year and at the same time provide the means to linking many of the company's new digital devices. The new Gateway wireless networking products allow customers to easily and quickly connect PCs to other PCs or wireless-ready consumer electronics such as the Gateway Connected DVD player A combination DVD player and digital media hub that lets users play local DVDs and CDs as well as stream audio and video data from the network. See digital media hub. for sharing files, photos and music, as well as accessing the Internet. "Gateway is in a unique position of being able to provide an end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for today's digital home from the most powerful PCs to innovative CE products--and now the wireless networking products that connect them," said Matt Milne, Gateway's vice president of digital solutions. "The new Gateway wireless networking products let customers enjoy digital content when and where they want to without cumbersome wires. Plus, customers don't need to have a lot of technical prowess to use the products--they are simple to set up and maintain, which makes their industry leading prices even more attractive." Gateway leads the push for wireless PC technology with industry--leading products and services. Its wireless home networking service brings trained network professionals to install and configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. a wireless home network(1). Plus, Gateway's award-winning line of desktop and notebook PCs have the option for integrated or add-on wireless connectivity. Gateway's new products are based on industry--standard 802.11g and 802.11b technology and are tested for compatibility, signal quality and security. As a result, the new products are a snap to set up and use with Gateway-branded PCs and devices as well as other brands of PCs, printers, and wireless-ready consumer electronics. |
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