The improved version of Proxim’s Wireless Network Manager is available as a free upgrade for existing users. The Wireless Network Manager is available in a variety of options depending on network size and configuration, starting at MSRP $999 (Base Engine + 50 AP Device Module. A free evaluation version, good for 30 days, is available on the Proxim web site.
The Wireless Network Manager can control, update and configure Proxim wireless networks via a single Graphical User Interface (GUI). Operating either as a standalone program or a HP OpenView plug-in, the new version 1.4 of the Proxim Wireless Network Manager enables an IT or network manager to easily monitor, manage and upgrade an entire indoor or outdoor wireless network from a single location.
Proxim AP-600, AP-2000 and AP-2500 access points for 802.11a and 802.11b networks are supported. Thousands of enterprise class access points, outdoor point-to-point and point-to-multipoint access points and bridges, as well as small business access points located in remote and home offices, can be managed over an IP connection.
Last Mile Technologies has deployed Proxim gear in a city-wide wireless network in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Eight apartment complexes, which house 4,500 students, are currently using the wireless network, and additional apartment complexes housing another 5,000 students are slated for completion by August 2003.
Proxim’s Tsunami Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint outdoor wireless products provide wireless backhaul throughout the city. Within buildings and at public access hot spots, users can connect to the wireless network using Proxim’s ORiNOCO 802.11a and 802.11b indoor APs.
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