Meru Response
The Nov. 9 issue OF Network Computing included a review of Meru Networks' WLAN solution tested against Cisco's WLAN offering. We feel the results published did not accurately reflect the actual results of the tests. Further, it was implied that Meru's WLAN is not 100 percent in compliance with 802.11 standards. We categorically reject this statement as our products have been certified as 100 percent compliant.
We believe the Network Computing tests provide incontrovertible evidence that only one vendor, Meru Networks, can support high client densities, enterprise-quality voice and data, diverse client populations and efficient 802.11b/g performance. When Cisco was asked to respond, instead of providing technical reasons for why its own products did not perform as well, it resorted to false claims about Meru. We appreciate the opportunity to first debunk the various incorrect technical statements made in the initial article and explain the results of the tests.
We regret that Meru's customer references were unable to meet with the Network Computing authors before the article was finished. We have many customers that speak on our behalf about their experiences with Meru products.
The article makes two insinuations relating to Meru's alleged noncompliance with standards. First, that Meru somehow gains access to a disproportionate fraction of the air in a shared network at the expense of other vendors' APs; and second, that Meru somehow misuses the duration field in violation of the standard to gain this disproportionate share. Neither allegation holds up against even the most basic analysis. 
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