Latest LAN news.
3Com to integrate IPS with switches and routers, 05/16/05
3Com later this year will integrate its intrusion-prevention gear with its network equipment in an effort to let customers quarantine attacks by shutting down switch ports and redirecting users to restricted virtual LANs.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-tippingpoint.html?nl
Ethernet tweaks make protocol fit for factory nets, 05/16/05
Several efforts in Ethernet development and add-on technologies to the standard are making it possible for lower-cost Ethernet gear to be deployed in factory networks, where LAN gear controls the precise movements and actions of machine tools, and a dropped packet or network delay can be costly.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/051605-ethernet.html?nl
Newsletter: More switches from Foundry, 05/12/05
In addition to the BigIron RX series I discussed last time, Foundry Networks introduced a family of application and Web optimization switches at the Interop trade show in …
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/lans/2005/0509lan2.html?nl
Newsletter: Foundry brings out big guns, 05/10/05
Foundry Networks went “old school” on last week’s Interop with a flurry of product announcements that brought to mind the good old days of big trade shows and the …
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/lans/2005/0509lan1.html?nl
