Start-up hopes to ease WLAN config

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Start-up hopes to ease WLAN config, 06/09/03

Embedded software released this week by start-up Propagate Networks could make it much easier to set up enterprise wireless LANs because it lets access points and client cards set their own radio configurations.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0609propagate.html

802.11g set to shake up WLAN market, 06/09/03

The IEEE this week is expected to put its stamp of approval on the proposed 802.11g standard, which boosts data rates on 2.4-GHz wireless LANs from 11M to 54M bit/sec.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/060911g.html

Tech Update: RFID takes stock of supply chain, 06/09/03

The use of radio frequency identification devices – tags, cards or labels – continues to grow as businesses realize the many advantages of the technology. Organizations such as the Auto-ID Center are furthering the adoption of RFID devices by developing standards and protocols that enable IT systems to identify and track virtually any physical object.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2003/0609techupdate.html

HP to resell Cisco storage switches, 06/06/03

HP this week extended its relationship with Cisco to resell the company’s recently introduced Fibre Channel switches. HP previously OEMed a small Fibre Channel switch from Cisco and has now agreed to resell Cisco’s entire line of MDS 9000 Multilayer Directors and Fabric Switches.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0606hpstor.html

China’s Huawei to sell Avici network gear, 06/05/03

A giant in China’s telecommunications equipment business, Huawei Technologies, will rebrand high-end routers from Avici Systems and sell them to Chinese carriers, Avici announced Wednesday.

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2003/0605huawei.html