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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

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