It will also handle Ethernet and packet-over-Sonet traffic and serve as a bridge between the two types of network. Rainier will support Layer 2, 3, 4 and 5 switching and routing and will allow wire-speed links among Ethernet, ATM and Sonet networks.
The company's long reach ethernet (LRE) technology runs on existing telephone wires, but offers simultaneous delivery of voice, video and data services at rates from 5 to 15Mbps. LRE is limited to a range of 5,000 feet, and so is aimed at...
RSA Security drove through the City of London armed with no more than a laptop, a wireless network card and some clever software downloaded free from the internet recently, and found it could pick up the traffic on dozens of corporate WLANs...
A major attraction of Bluetooth is the elimination of wires. Unfortunately data rates still do not compare with fixed wiring - nor does overall reliability, especially in areas of very high density such as office buildings.
Some 50 nodes, spaced about 40 metres apart, are now being rolled out across the campus in teaching buildings and halls of residence. The operator is currently rolling out a test mesh network on the campus of the Paris engineering school Supélec in...
The residents of the eight multi-storey buildings around North Solihull, near Birmingham, will be able to get internet access at broadband speeds through an internet connectivity unit that plugs into the wall sockets, with a three-pin interface on...