Wireless innovation is a special focus at this year’s Networld + Interop 2003, running April 29-May 2, 2003 in Las Vegas. The show which features enterprise network products will showcase the latest wireless technologies on the market.
Show news, press releases and wireless product announcements include:
- Cisco’s line of Wi-Fi-enabled handsets allow you to wander away from your desk without having to leave your desk phone unattended. The Cisco Wireless IP Phone 7920 (right) uses 100mW Wi-Fi and will start shipping in June with a list price of about $595. It will allow users to receive calls on Wi-Fi networks located anywhere. Cisco also announced a $100 desktop Internet Protocol phone, about $350 less than the price of earlier generation IP phones.
- Symbol, SpectraLink and Nomadix have created a Wi-Fi ZONE. In this partnership, Nomadix is providing its Universal Subscriber Gateway II with the company’s iNAT technology to ensure seamless VPN connectivity, Symbol is providing Wi-Fi connectivity with its wireless switch and SpectraLink is providing members of the media its 802.11b-based NetLink Wireless Telephones to use while in the Media Center.
- ZyXEL’s ZyAIR B-3000 Bridge/Repeater, is a combination of 802.11b access point, bridge and repeater. It can create a wireless “mesh network” when bridging using wireless distribution system (WDS) connections with up to six units. Multiple ESSID and VLAN support allow setups for different groups of users on a single unit.
- The Wi-Fi Alliance announced that the nonprofit wireless trade organization will launch its newest security solution, Wi-Fi Protected Access. WPA will evolve with the market needs and standards for security. The first release of WPA includes a subset of IEEE 802.11i, and the next version of WPA will encompass the full version of IEEE 802.11i standard when it is completed.
- Meetinghouse’s Pocket PC 2002 Aegis Client supports a broad range of Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) methods, including MD5, TLS, TTLS, Cisco LEAP, and Cisco PEAP. The solution works with 802.1X-compliant access points and RADIUS servers, such as Meetinghouse’s Aegis Server, Funk’s Steel-Belted, Cisco ACS, and Microsoft’s AIS.
- BlueSocket, ReefEdge, Aruba Wireless Networks and Perfigo introduced WLAN products that shift the locus of management, monitoring, and configuration away from individual access points and to the switch.
- Logitech estimates there are about 109,000 miles of desktop cords in the United States, reaching halfway to the moon.
Additional news is available at Small Net Builder, 802 Planet, Network Computing, Network Magazine and Info World.
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