While some wireless LAN switch start-ups already are restructuring and reducing headcount, others are just launching their initial products. WLAN switch maker Trapeze Networks has reportedly cut ...

From the access point to the switch, it’s a different story. Symbol encapsulates the entire 802.11 frame in a standard 802.3 Ethernet frame. The list of tunneling types doesn’t end there; some vendors ...

The WLAN (wireless local area network) switch market just got a bit more crowded. This time the new entrant isn’t a startup but a convert from the gateway market, a segment sometimes viewed as a ...

The adoption of virtualization solutions has been spotty in telecom and UC, but Meraki may have a winning angle by applying the concept to WLAN infrastructure. Centrally controlled wireless LAN ...

Worldwide wireless LAN switch ports jumped 52 percent to 170,000, as revenue grew 55 percent to $80.8 million between Q1 and Q2, according to London-based market researchers Infonetics Research. The ...

"Up to now, the discussion has been about how big of a network you have to have before you need a switch," Simone said. "With this price point, we're saying that question isn't relevant." Trapeze ...

Trapeze Mobility System Software 2.0 allows solution providers to position Trapeze Mobility Exchanges (WLAN switches) and Mobility Points (access points) anywhere in the network, said Michelle Rae ...

3Com Corp. has been gaining market share in the enterprise wireless LAN market, but industry watchers say it needs a WLAN switch to sustain that growth and compete with Cisco Systems Inc. at the high ...

Nothing makes network administrators cringe like the prospect of deploying a large wireless LAN. Security is only the most obvious stumbling block. True, immature WLAN security standards have led many ...

Extreme Networks Inc. and Trapeze Networks Inc. last week introduced switch-based enterprise wireless LAN products to get a jump in a market that analysts expect to get crowded—and soon. Another five ...

MANHASSET, N.Y. — Wireless LAN switch vendor Chantry Networks has agreed to be acquired by Siemens Communications in a deal that complements Siemens' HiPath portfolio while adding to a shakeout in the ...