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Volume: 1 Issue: 3 |
Date: Aug. 1, 2006  |
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| EOC-3220 EXT Arrives
This week we received our first shipment of the EOC-3220 EXT, the new EnGenius outdoor wireless 802.11b/g access point and client bridge. These are simply great units. We have seen the firmware in the EOC-3220 units that we received last month work very reliably. The EXT model has a reverse polarity SMA type connector which allows the attachment of an external antenna. The unit comes with a 5dBi omni whip antenna, but this can be replaced with other antennas to fit a variety of applications. With 26dBm of transmit power and -96dBi of receive sensitivity, these units are RF power houses. Add to this advanced features like WMM QoS management, WDS, WPA security and turbo mode operation and you have a great solution for many applications. Call HauteSpot Networks today to order your EOC-3220 EXT. |
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 EMP-8601 MiniPCI 802.11a/b/g Turbo Released The EMP-8601 is the latest release in the miniPCI form factor client adapter from EnGenius. This card uses the Atheros AR5414 chip, which supports turbo mode, as well as Atheros Xtended range technology. This high power card is extremely sensitive and, like it's sister card the EMP-8602, has drivers for Linux, BSD, and MS Windows. Check out the full product specifications at the HauteSpot Web Site. |
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| EOC-3220 Plus 400mW Outdoor Access Point/Bridge The long awaited EOC-3220 Plus outdoor 802.11b/g access point/bridge with an intergrated 16dBi panel antenna is expected to arrive by the end of August.. |
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| EOC-8610 EXT 802.11a/b/g 400mW Outdoor Access Point/Client Bridge is coming soon High power outdoor 802.11a/b/g access point/bridge with removable 5dBi external antenna using an RP-SMA connector. |
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| HR-IXP-SX Beta Release | ||
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The next generation HR-IXP-SX full feature, single radio, wireless router is nearing Beta release to select customers. This bleeding edge product features support for all the latest features one could ask for including the Intel IXP 42x network processor, your choice of radio module (900Mhz, 2.4Ghz, or 5Ghz with 3.6Ghz and 4.9Ghz coming soon), state of the art firmware front ended by a simple to use web management interface, a proven waterproof outdoor enclosure, 802.3af compliant -48VDC power over Ethernet, and of course, HauteSpot Networks support.
"We are really happy with the features included in the initial release," said Tim Harvey, HauteSpot Networks CTO. "We have managed to get some really cool tools and capabilities in this system which we thought we would have to leave for later releases," continued Harvey. Among those features are audible alignment, a first for outdoor wireless gear. With audible alignment, customers can have both hands free to adjust their antenna, while a high decibel buzzer pulses a tone which varies with signal strength. "Finding a buzzer that was loud enough to be heard in wind through the waterproof case of the HR-IXP products was really a challenge," said Harvey, "We must have tried a hundred different buzzers and speakers before we found the right one. Now we have a very safe and easy to align solution which requires no additional equipment." Other key features include:
Beta customers are being contacted in the next two weeks. Final release date for the HR-IXP-SX is still open, but is expected by the early fall. The HR-IXP-SX follows the release last month of the HR-IXP-SXP point to point bridge for streaming media. |
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| Tech Corner | ||
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MIMO - "Oh No!" MIMO, or Multiple Input/Multiple Output, is a technology which is used in number of wireless protocols. Most notable is the 802.11n proposed standard which is targeting net throughputs, after overhead, of 100Mbps or greater. 802.11n will achieve this through a number of combined improvements to the existing 802.11a/g specifications. MIMO offers the most significant performance gains. Basically, a standard 802.11a/g system uses a single radio attached to a single antenna to send and receive. This makes 802.11a/g half duplex in it's very nature, as each radio can only send or receive at one time. 802.11n introduces the concept of having two radios with two antennas that are "chained together" yielding one single interface with multiple radios. This makes the interface full duplex (it can send and receive at the same time), which right there doubles throughput. Then add to the spec that there are allowances for up to 40Mhz channel widths, and you again double potential throughput. Then add protocol efficiencies from better handling of acknowledgements and other overhead, and you have significant improvements. Some expect rates approaching 360Mbps actual throughput in short range. This all sounds great, four times the speed! Except, there are several competing specifications being consider for 802.11n and the final spec is not expected to be ratified until 2007. There are two major proposals that seem to be gathering steam, one backed by Airgo, Broadcom,Conexant, and Texas Instruments known as WWise and the other backed by Atheros, Agere, Marvell, and Intel known as TGnSync. The fight is pretty intense. Read More... |
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