Wireless Hardware

The companies listed in Table B-1 design and manufacture wireless hardware that is designed for broadband wide-area networking. In addition to these, many smaller companies exist that either manufacture equipment or resell equipment that is manufactured by larger companies. These smaller companies are too numerous to list in this section.

Table B-1. Wireless Hardware Companies
CompanyWebsiteHardware Offered
Alvarionwww.alvarion.com2.4-GHz and 5-GHz frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) and direct-sequence spread spectrum (FHSS) equipment.
Apertowww.apertonetworks.com5-GHz license-free (and 2.5-GHz and 3.5-GHz licensed) point-to-multipoint system.
Cirronetwww.cirronet.com2.4-GHz and 5-GHz WISP equipment.
Ciscowww.cisco.comAironet ...

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