Extricom Launches Quad-radio 802.11n Access Points

(Product News, 26 Mar 2008)

Extricom has launched its new suite of 802.11n draft 2.0 compliant products that enable disruption-free introduction of full-performance 802.11n in the enterprise, for both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi bands, at the lowest cost-per-port.

Extricom's fourth-generation solution, based on the Channel Blanket architecture, avoids the technical and deployment obstacles presented by all other vendor solutions. The WLAN system combines multi-radio APs to create parallel, simultaneous wireless networks from the same set of APs. These overlapping networks can operate on any combination of channels, modes, and frequency bands, and therefore give IT the ability to allocate each WLAN to specific user groups, applications, or device types. The result is an infrastructure that enables the organization to:

- Gradually introduce "n" devices into the existing environment, and do so at whatever pace is convenient for the business, without experiencing any conflicts with legacy devices. No "forklift" cutover of users is required.

- Choose to deploy "n" with 40MHz channel bonding in both 2.4GHz and 5GHz, and achieve the promised 300Mbps data rates even when legacy "g" or "a" devices are present.

- Enhance the existing wireless network with the benefits of 802.11n, without having to rework the number, location, and cabling for APs.

- Continue with conventional 802.3af power-over-Ethernet. The unique UltraThin design doesn't require a power-hungry processor, which means that standard PoE will drive even a four-radio Extricom Access Point at full-rate and full-coverage.

- Eliminate the complexities of cell-planning. This not only makes deployment and maintenance dramatically simpler than any other solution, but also delivers the promised range benefits of MIMO, without the side-effects of unpredictable MIMO coverage.

The Extricom 802.11n product suite is the broadest in the industry, encompassing new APs, new and updated WLAN switches, and a new external antenna bar. This includes: the EXRP-40En Four-Radio UltraThin Access Point; the EXRP-30n Three-Radio UltraThin Access Point; the EXSW-1200, EXSW-1600 and EXSW-2400 Wireless LAN Switches; and the EXAN-10 Antenna Bar.

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