Wireless networking products: SMC Networks.www.smc.com, Hardware, $1,299-$1,499 This new line of advanced 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 mesh networking Mesh networking is a way to route data, voice and instructions between nodes. It allows for continuous connections and reconfiguration around broken or blocked paths by “hopping” from node to node until the destination is reached. products is built on Accton Technology Corp.'s 802.11s-compliant Wireless Intelligent Transport Network and WITnet architecture. The products were designed for deployment in large areas that need to be covered where cable runs are impractical im·prac·ti·cal adj. 1. Unwise to implement or maintain in practice: Refloating the sunken ship proved impractical because of the great expense. 2. . Each Mesh AP accessing the network acts also as a transmission/access point, making mesh networks A communications network in which there are at least two pathways to each node. If one of the paths fails, the other is still available. A "fully meshed" network means that every node has a direct connection to every other node, which is a very elaborate and expensive architecture. highly scalable and flexible. If a Mesh AP or mesh link is down, traffic is routed to another and transmitted to its ultimate destination by the most efficient path. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Edited by Laura Dianis |
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