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Mumbai:
Cisco Sytems-Linksys (Asia) Pte Ltd, today announce the
launch wireless network compatible products to its range
of wireless equipment for local circuit networking. The
two products announced include ''wireless-G router'' and
push button security device for customers who want more
speed and variety in their wireless network at large homes,
or at office of small business users.
Linksys,
a division of Cisco Systems Inc., provides networking
solutions for home, small office-home office (SOHO) and
small business, in the areas of wireless LAN, VoIP (voice-over
IP), broadband routers, network adapters for the desktop
and notebook PC, hubs and switches. Cisco Systems, Inc.
acquired Linksys on June, 2003,
According
to Sanjeev Gupta, regional sales director North and South
Asia, Linksys, "The concept of wireless circuits
are catching up quickly in India, the market response
so far has been overwhelming. This finally helped decide
on bringing up more products of the genre."
According
to market research firm, Dell''Oro Group, Cisco-Linksys
is the market leader in wireless networking with a 46
per cent of the global wireless LAN (local area network)
market.
"Wireless
takes over a lot of the wiry mess from the office which
is the burning demand of our growing customer base in
India," says Adil Doctor, sales head, Linksys India.
The new wireless application can connect up to 32 wireless
clients per router. The router has a NAT (Network Address
Translation), Internet Protection bundled with Norton
personal firewall.
The
Cisco-Linksys wireless- G router is based on MIMO (multiple
input, multiple output) technology, which can receive
multiple signals over same frequency band. It provides
spatial and frequency options with two radio transmitters
and three receivers using only one channel. The wireless-G
router, it is claimed gives 75 per cent better coverage
than the regular routers.
Push
button security, a unique ''wizard support system'' to wireless
router by which SSID and security code to router and adapter
is automatically assigned.
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