Wave Wireless Networking Announces New Broadband Wireless Platform for Enterprise LAN and WAN Connectivity.Business Editors/Technology Writers SARASOTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 31, 2000 Wave Wireless Networking See wireless network. , a division of SPEEDCOM Wireless Corporation and leading provider of broadband wireless See wireless broadband. solutions, launched a new series of outdoor, remote-mounted wireless access solutions. SPEEDLAN's unique outdoor-mounted chassis solves the problems normally associated with the long RF cable runs required by other products. Rather than locating the RF hardware indoors, the new SPEEDLAN 4100 and 4200 allows up to 300 feet of Ethernet cable The most common form of Ethernet cable is the telephone-like RJ-45 cable (see Ethernet). Using a "crossover cable," two machines can be plugged together using their Ethernet ports. The crossover cable is designed for direct connection between two Ethernet devices (PCs, peripherals, etc. to be run from the connection point on the network up to the RF device without introducing any RF signal loss. SPEEDLAN 4000 SERIES OVERVIEW SPEEDLAN multipoint wireless bridges are an ideal solution for building-to-building private data network interconnections. Rather than having to trench fiber or sign a long-term contract with a local telecommunications provider, SPEEDLAN 4000 series access solutions provide high-performance, reliable LAN-to-LAN connectivity. Access solutions in the 4000 series offer network administrators high performance wireless connectivity and full remote management capabilities in an affordable package. With a typical Return on Investment (ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ) period of less than 6 months and an installation timeframe of days rather than months, SPEEDLAN 4000 series products present an economical solution to a potentially very expensive connectivity problem. Wave's SPEEDLAN products are designed specifically to handle the rigors of the outdoor wireless market. Wave's CampusPRC protocol solves the problem of hidden transmitters and packet retransmissions not addressed by 802.11b compliant indoor wireless products. All SPEEDLAN unlicensed wireless bridges utilize Wave Wireless' CampusPRC protocol, offering the highest actual data rate of any 11 Mb product in the market. For ease of management, they can be configured, monitored, and analyzed by using 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. . SPEEDLAN broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. solutions offer long-term value and go where wires cannot. Since there are no monthly fees or government licenses, they offer everything needed to bring data networks together conveniently and cost effectively. The new SPEEDLAN 4000 series of broadband wireless solutions includes the 4100 multipoint base station (US list $2395) and the 4200 customer premises equipment See CPE. (US list $1795). Both products will begin shipping immediately. SPEEDLAN 4100 MULTIPOINT BASE STATION The SPEEDLAN 4100 is an outdoor, remote-mounted multipoint base station. Able to service broadband connection See broadband and wireless broadband. for up to 16 remote buildings at the same time, the 4100 provides a wireless platform perfect for schools, hospitals, banks or other multiple branch organizations. The 4100 base station uses Wave's CampusPRC protocol to control transmissions from each remote location using a unique polling mechanism. This ensures that transmissions from multiple remote locations will not occur at the same time causing interference between the signals. The CampusPRC protocol also allows the base station to dynamically allocate more bandwidth to remote sites based on the actual traffic load at that site. As the traffic load increases from a remote building, the SPEEDLAN 4100 can automatically provide more bandwidth until the demand subsides. SPEEDLAN 4200 CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT The SPEEDLAN 4200 is an outdoor, remote-mounted customer premise access unit. It can be used in a multipoint network in conjunction with a 4100 base station providing a broadband 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. or Internet connection for thousands of users in a single building. Two SPEEDLAN 4200s can be used for a simple point-to-point link connecting buildings together buildings that are up to 25 miles apart. ABOUT SPEEDCOM WIRELESS INTERNATIONAL SPEEDCOM Wireless International is a six-year old multi-national company based in Sarasota, Florida Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the central west coast of Florida, USA. Its official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. . Through its Wave Wireless Networking division, SPEEDCOM manufactures a variety of broadband wireless products, including its award winning SPEEDLAN family of wireless Ethernet bridges and routers. ISPs, Telco operators and private organizations in more than 45 countries use SPEEDCOM products to provide "last-mile" wireless connectivity between multiple buildings at speeds up to 100 Mb and distances of more than 25 miles. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. 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