Planning and Implementing Wireless LANS By Peter Rysavy Vendor Information This section lists principal wireless LAN vendors and gives contact information. Since the emphasis is on companies providing LAN-oriented products, the list does not include companies that sell only wireless bridges or wireless point-to-point modems. Most of the listed vendors sell wireless cards, generally in ISA and PC Card format, and wireless access points. Some also sell wireless products for bridging LANs together. Many are in the process of introducing IEEE 802.11-compliant products. Aironet Wireless Communications , Fairlawn, OH http://www.aironet.com 800-394-7353 330-664-7900 Primary Technology: Frequency hopping and direct sequence spread spectrum at 1 and 2 Mbps AMP , Harrisburg, PA http://www.amp.com/networki ng 800-835-7240 Primary Technology: Frequency hopping spread spectrum Breeze Wireless Communications , Carlsbad, CA http://www.breezecom.com 760-431-9880 Primary Technology: Frequency hopping spread spectrum at 2 and 3 Mbps C-SPEC Corp. , Dayton, OH http://www.c-spec.com 800-462-7732 937-439-2882 Primary Technology: Direct sequence spread spectrum at 2 Mbps Digital Equipment Corp. , Hampton, MA http://www.networks.digital.com 800-344-4825 Primary Technology: Direct sequence and frequency hopping spread spectrum at 2 Mbps Digital Ocean , Lenexa, KS http://www.digitalocean.com 800-345-3474 Primary Technology: Direct sequence spread spectrum at 2 Mbps JVC Professional Computer Products Division , Cypress, CA http://www.jvcinfo.com 714-816-6500 Primary Technology: Directed infrared at 10 Mbps Lucent Technologies , Parsippany, NJ http://www.wavelan.com 800-928-3526 937-445-5970 Primary Technology: Direct sequence spread spectrum at 2 Mbps NetWave , Pleasanton, CA http://www.netwave-wireless.com 800-638-9283 510-737-1600 Primary Technology: Frequency hopping spread spectrum at 1 and 2 Mbps Proxim , Mountain View, CA http://www.proxim.com 800-229-1630 415-960-1630 Primary Technology: Frequency hopping spread sequence at 1.6 Mbps RadioLAN , Sunnyvale, CA http://www.radiolan.com 408-524-2600 Primary Technology: Narrowband at 10 Mbps Raytheon , Andover, MA http://www.raytheon.com 508-470-9011 Primary Technology: Frequency hopping spread sequence at 2 Mbps Spectrix , Evanston, IL http://www.spectrixcorp.com 847-317-1770 Primary Technology: Diffuse infrared at 4 Mbps Symbol Technologies , Holtsville, NY http://www.symbol.com 800-722-6234 516-738-5200 Primary Technology: Frequency hopping spread spectrum at 1 Mbps Wave Access , Natick, MA http://www.waveaccess.com 508-653-3646 Primary Technology: Frequency hopping spread spectrum at 3.2 Mbps WinData, Littleton , MA http://www.windata.com 800-553-8008 Primary Technology: Direct sequence spread spectrum at 5.7 Mbps A good source of additional information is an industry association called the Wireless LAN Alliance . Peter Rysavy is the president of Rysavy & Associates, a consulting firm that works with both companies developing new communications technologies and those adopting them. He can be reached at rysavy@rysavy.com or http://www.rysavy.com/rysavy . Updated January 14, 1998 Print This Page E-mail this URL