Powering Wireless LANs
A cadre of networking companies is striving to make it easier for customers not only to integrate WLANs into their existing wired infrastructures but also to manage them. To do it, the vendors are taking advantage of an upcoming IEEE standard that adds power management to the overall management mix.
PowerDsine Ltd., AirWave Wireless Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. are each readying products that incorporate the developing POE (power over Ethernet) technologies, such as 802.3af, which lets IT managers use a single Category 5 cable to power a wireless network.
PowerDsine, of Hod Hasharon, Israel, this week will introduce the 6000 family of "power" boxes, which have SNMP capabilities. The line also features a Web-based remote management system, enabling customers to control the power supply to a wireless LAN via the Web. As a result, rogue WLAN usage and service calls related to power issues can be greatly reduced, officials said.
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