Trapeze Networks, a start-up based in Pleasanton, California, introduced its WLAN Mobility System that allows enterprise users to login once, roam and retain their access privileges and policies wherever they go on the corporate network. Seamless roaming is a key enabler for time-sensitive applications like Voice over Wireless IP (VoWIP). The Trapeze system preserves existing network engineering -- VLAN and subnet assignments, authentications and ACLs -- while enabling the deployment of new services like prioritization, access controls, roaming policies, location tracking and usage metrics on a per-user basis from wired to wireless. The Trapeze WLAN Mobility System includes the Mobility Exchange, Mobility Points, Mobility System Software and a tool suite. The Mobility Exchange System offloads Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) processing, session consolidation, and hardware-accelerated encryption and key generation from AAA servers. This reduces 802.1X authenticators by 20-to-1, according to the company. Trapeze also supports standard WLAN cryptography, including Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), and dynamic Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) with rotating broadcast/multicast keys.
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- In April 2002, Trapeze received $16 million in Series A funding from Accel Partners and Redpoint Ventures.
