Monday, September 29, 2003

Extreme Networks All-in-One Wired And Wireless Switch

Extreme Networks introduced a unified wired and wireless, Layer 2/3 stackable Ethernet switch designed for companies that want to deploy a single, secure network architecture for both wired and wireless access. Extreme's new Summit 300-48 switch is a 48-port (plus four copper and mini-GBIC ports) Layer 2/3 WLAN switch with an expansion slot for future upgradeability and emerging mobile applications. The product provides extensive encryption and security services -- such as AES, WES and WPA -- to the wireless ports. List pricing is $6,995. Extreme Networks is also releasing wireless ports for simultaneous 802.11 a/b & g networking. The Altitude wireless port has a list price of $695.
http://www.extremenetworks.com