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Linksys RangeBooster Plays Nicely With Other Nets |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Tuesday, 08 August 2006 |
Cisco subsidiary, Linksys, has released a new family of
802.11g products that boost through put using MIMO. The key feature of the new
RangeBooster range is that they happily cohabitate with standard g networks.
Like other multiple input multiple output devices, the
RangeBooster family of wireless networking gear offers up to twice the range
and up to 35 per cent greater throughput over standard 802.11G wireless
networks, while taking advantage of reflected signals to reach deadspots and
improve performance.
Unlike ordinary wireless technologies, Linksys says the RangeBooster
gear is designed to achieve these range and performance improvements while
maintaining compliance with 802.11g standards and without interfering with
other neighbouring Wi-Fi networks.
The broadband router (WRT54GR), priced at $189.95 talks to
either the a PC card (WPC54GR) for $149.95 or the PCI network adapter (WMP54GR)
which is priced at $149.95. Pairing these devices at each end of the link is
required to achieve the additional performance enhancements or else the device
will revert to standard 56Mbps 802.11G.
Linksys says it plans to release other products to the range
over the next couple of months, perhaps adding a USB adapter and VPN offerings
for businesses.
The RangeBooster hardware uses WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)
encryption and an SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) firewall for security and supports
VPN pass-through.
"Linksys always strives to allow customers to achieve the
maximum capabilities from the technology they purchase," said Graeme Reardon,
regional director of Linksys Australia
and New Zealand.
"With the RangeBooster family, we are providing a low-cost solution that will yield
the extended performance regardless of the surrounding environment."
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