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Web Express has complete Wireless
LAN solutions
for your office-wide, campus-wide or across-buildings environment.
Whether you are in the field of education, manufacturing,
retailing or service, our WLAN provides your organization
with mobility, flexibility, scalability and more important,
low-cost and fast implementation of your communication needs.
This diagram represents a snapshop of what your WLAN may
look like:
(The Wired Network Backbone can be either
dedicated T's, sDSL or any broadband connections.)
The Past and the Future
The conventional wired LAN technology can be summed
up with the mantra "Faster, Better and Cheaper." Wireless
LAN technology has already started down that road and
is going at a frantic pace. Data rates have increased
from one to 11Mbps, interoperability became reality with
the introduction of the IEEE 802.11 standard, and prices
have dramatically decreased.
Performance
Wireless LAN manufacturers migrated from the 900MHz band
to the 2.4GHz band to improve data rate. This pattern promises
to continue, with a broader frequency band capable of supporting
higher bandwidth available at 5.7GHz. The IEEE has already
issued a specification (802.11a) for equipment operating
at 5.7GHz that supports a 54Mbps data rate. The 5.7GHz band
promises to allow for the next breakthrough data rate --
100Mbps.
Security and Management
The Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) option to the 802.11
standard is but the first step in addressing user security
concerns. Manufacturers are only now supporting 128-bit
key lengths. Longer key lengths will provide a level of
security that will continue to stay steps ahead of the computing
power required to break codes. In addition, authentication
will improve through the use of x.509 certificates and tighter
integration with authentication systems prevalent in the
wired world. The management capabilities of wireless access
points will continue to improve, providing IS management
with more information, security and configuration options.
If you are interested in our
WLAN service, please contact
us.
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