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Agere Systems recently announced the WiFi Broadband Gateway for sharing a cable or DSL connection using 802.11b wireless network technology. The low-cost BG2000 has a built-in access point, and two Ethernet ports, one for the WAN and one for wired Ethernet. The gateway includes 128-bit encryption, an IP and packet-filtering firewall and support for 10 simultaneous VPN connections. Web-based tools let network managers remotely configure and manage the box for their teleworkers. The BG2000 will ship in January and cost $200.
Last week, Alloptic launched its homeG.E.A.R 1000 Gigabit Ethernet IP optical platform, which is designed to deliver voice, video and high-speed data (up to 1.25G bit/sec) to residences over a passive optical network infrastructure. Geared to service providers, homeG.E.A.R will give residential fiber subscribers a range of fiber-to-the-home services, including four 10/100Base-T Ethernet ports, two to four toll-quality telephone circuits, IP multicast video and IP and Radio Frequency CATV lines. Alloptic says homeG.E.A.R 1000 is undergoing field trials and should be available in the first quarter of 2002.
ExpertCity last week released Version 2.0 of its screen-sharing service, GoToMyPC. New features include a universal viewer that lets users view and control their PCs from any Java-, Mac-, Linux- and Solaris-based device; a remote printing feature lets you send print jobs from the remote PC to a local printer; and a security feature lets users blank the screen of the host PC and block host keyboard and mouse input. Pricing starts at $9.95/month for a single user.
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