Wireless Product Directory
Wireless Product Directory
Introduction
After a long hiatus, I've started working on updating these pages again. Currently
I'm concentrating on checking the vendor info and URLs, and then I'll get more into
the product data and other stuff. I've dropped the color coding to highlight changes,
as it was too much of a headache to maintain. Instead, I'm keeping a in which I'll
record the changes as I make them.
This is a survey of currently available wireless RF modem products suitable for
wireless LAN and MAN applications. At the moment, this survey includes only
those products which are suitable for unlicenced operation in the ISM bands: 900
MHz (902-928 MHz), 2.4 GHz (2400-2483.5 MHz) and 5.8 GHz (5725-5850 MHz).
Some of these products are intended for very short range wireless applications,
while others are designed to be used as longer-haul point-to-point wireless bridges,
and some can be used in either role. No attempt has been made to differentiate
between these usages in this survey. Also, I don't necessarily list every product in
each vendor's wireless product line. Some product lines have many different
variants, and the tables would get too unwieldy if I tried to list them all, but I try to
include some representative products from each manufacturer. I tend to omit the
"access point" products, and products in which the WLAN modem is integrated into
something else, such as a portable computer. The vast majority of the products
listed use spread spectrum modulation techniques, since that is where my main
interest lies.
Most of the information presented here was taken from manufacturers' literature, so
the figures concerning data rates and ranges are subject to specmanship. Caveat
emptor! Accurate pricing information is also hard to come by, and subject to
inaccuracies, so don't take what you see here as gospel. It's also entirely possible
that some of the products listed are actually "vaporhardware". If you have any
information along these lines, please let me know.
This survey covers only complete wireless modem products (i.e., plug-in cards or
standalone units). It does not cover chip sets, amplifiers, etc. Many of these other
products can be found in Lee Fry's Spread Spectrum Device Compendium
(unfortunately, now getting woefully out of date).
1 Two antenna
EMTAC A2432-2A/4A DS 20 dBm - 180 m ISA card (PnP) - options. IEEE
Mbps 802.11 compliant.
1.544 Full duplex, 43
Glenayre Lynx cp2 DS Up to 1 W - 48 km standalone (DSX-1) 9950 MHz separation.
Mbps DSU/CSU option.
64 standalone (RS232/449, Other versions
GRE GINA 8000NVK DS 725 mW 240 m 19 km 1979 available.
Kbps V.35)
PCMCIA cards,
2480 Wireless LAN 2 access points,
IBM DS - - - ISA card - bridges, etc, but
ISA Mbps few details on IBM
website
Solectek AIRLAN/Bridge 4
DS 4 W ERP - 32 km standalone (ethernet) 4495 -
400E Mbps
Solectek AIRLAN/Bridge 10 40 *With optional
DS 4 W ERP - standalone (ethernet) 8895 high-gain antennas
1000E Mbps km*
2 Multipoint
Solectek MP200-E DS - - 40 km standalone (ethernet) - capability.
Mbps US/Canada only.
5.5 Multipoint
Solectek MP550-E DS - - 32 km standalone (ethernet) - capability.
Mbps US/Canada only.
11 Multipoint
Solectek MP1100-E DS - - 40 km standalone (ethernet) - capability.
Mbps US/Canada only.
1 100-500 66 sequences, 10
Symbol Spectrum24 LA 2400 FH 55-75 m 300 m PCMCIA Type II - hops/s
Mbps mW
IEEE 802.11
2 compliant. Access
Raytheon Raylink PC Card FH 100 mW 150 m 300 m PCMCIA Type II - point uses same
Mbps
card
RDC 1
PortLAN FH - 150 m 830 m PCMCIA Type II 695 -
Mbps
Up to
2.4 GHz Wireless
RF-Link DS 192 200 mW 150 m 2 km standalone (RS232) 399 15 channels
RS232
Kbps
*With optional
2 50 amplifier (500 mW
Teletronics Wireless LAN Card DS 50 mW* 350 m PCMCIA Type II 175 out) and antenna.
Mbps km* IEEE 802.11
compliant.
*With optional
2/10 50 amplifier (500 mW
Teletronics Access Point DS 50 mW* 350 m standalone (ethernet) 525 out) and antenna.
Mbps km* IEEE 802.11
compliant.
InterBuilding Link 2 Repeater
TTI Wireless DS 15 dBm - 48 km standalone (ethernet) - configurations
200TSE Mbps available
InterBuilding Link 5 Repeater
TTI Wireless DS 15 dBm - 48 km standalone (ethernet) - configurations
500TSE Mbps available
InterBuilding Link 11 Repeater
TTI Wireless DS 15 dBm - 48 km standalone (ethernet) - configurations
1100TSE Mbps available
Z-COM WL2420 2
DS 50 mW 150 m 8 km ISA card 420 IEEE 802.11.
LANEscape/ISA Mbps
Z-COM WL2430 2
DS 50 mW 150 m 8 km PCMCIA Type II 450 IEEE 802.11.
LANEscape/PCMCIA Mbps
Z-COM WL2410 LANEscape 2
DS 50 mW 150 m 8 km standalone (ethernet) 800 IEEE 802.11.
Access Point Mbps
Zoom 2 100 mW
ZoomAir Model 4000 DS 90 m 300 m PCMCIA Type II IEEE 802.11
Telephonics Mbps EIRP
Zoom 2 100 mW
ZoomAir Model 4005 DS 90 m 300 m ISA card IEEE 802.11
Telephonics Mbps EIRP
Dave Molta, "Wired on Wireless: A New Class of 802.11 Devices Go the Distance", Network
Computing, March 22, 1999. Review of currently available IEEE 802.11 WLAN products.
Kevin Flood and Scott Hamilton, "Round Table II: Wireless LANs", The Tolly Group, 1999. Review of
several WLAN products with data rates >2 Mbps.
Paul Schreier, "Spread Spectrum Challenges FM in Wireless Telemetry Systems", Personal Engineering
& Instrumentation News, February 1996, pp. 29-38. Surveys a wide range of 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz SS
modem products.
Paul Schreier, "Technology, Regs Dictate Multiple Decisions for Wireless Links", Personal Engineering
& Instrumentation News , February 1997. Updated survey of a wide range of WLAN products.
Bruce Tuch, "Development of WaveLAN, an ISM Band Wireless LAN", Lucent Technical Journal,
July/August 1993, pp. 27-37.
Guntis Barzdins and John Tully, "Wireless Internet Access in Latvia". An excellent practical article on
wireless networking with the Aironet ARLAN (2.4 GHz) and Lucent WaveLAN (900 MHz) equipment,
with emphasis on outdoor links.
Stuart Cheshire, "MosquitoNet". Describes mobile networking work of the Stanford Operating Systems
and Networking Group, including the use of WaveLAN and Metricom WLAN equipment.
Randy H. Katz, "Bay Area Research Wireless Access Network (BARWAN)". Another project involving
integration of different wireless components, including WLAN SS systems.
David Bantz and Frederic Bauchot, "Wireless LAN Design Alternatives", IEEE Network, March/April
1994, pp. 43-53.
Alex Hills and David B. Johnson, "A Wireless Data Network Infrastructure at Carnegie Mellon
University", IEEE Personal Communications, February 1996, pp. 56-63.
Stephan Orr, "Wireless LAN Technology Struggles to be Useful and Cheap", Computer Design, March
1996, p. 94ff.
Willem Hollemans and Arie Verschoor, "Performance Study of WaveLAN and Altair Radio-LANs"
Proc. 5th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications
(PIMRC '94), September 18-22, 1994, pp. 831-837.
A. Claessan, L. Monteban and H. Moelard, "The AT&T GIS WaveLAN Air Interface and Protocol
Stack", Proc. 5th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio
Communications (PIMRC '94), September 18-22, 1994, pp. 1442-1446.
Richard LaMaire et al, "Wireless LANs and Mobile Networking: Standards and Future Directions",
Ad Kamerman and Nedim Erkocevic, "Microwave Oven Interference on Wireless LANs Operating in the
2.4 GHz ISM Band" Proc. 8th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile
Radio Communications (PIMRC '97), September 1-4, 1997, pp. 1221-1227.
Simson Garfinkel, "Communicating Without a Net", WebServer OnLine, Vol.3, No.1, January 1998.
Interesting account about setting a wireless T1 (approx.) link, with emphasis on security issues. Mentions
hardware from BreezeCom and C-Spec.
Ernest Worthman, "Wireless LANs - Techniques, Standards and Technologies", RF Design, December
1997, p.32. Survey of WLAN basics.
Kathleen Cholewka, "Web Connections Without the Wires", Data Communications, September 21,
1997, p.75. Comparison of wireless Internet access techniques.
Elan Amir and Hari Balakrishnan, "An Evaluation of the Metricom Ricochet Wireless Network", Dept.
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley, May 1996.
Evaluation of the Ricochet FH system, and its interaction with the WaveLAN DS system.
Brett Glass, "Interactions Between Lucent WaveLAN and Metricom Ricochet Spread Spectrum Digital
Radio Equipment: An Empirical Test", March 1997 (Revised Sept. 1998). Field tests of interference
between WaveLAN and Ricochet systems.
Peter Rysavy, "Planning and Implementing Wireless LANs", Network Computing, January 14, 1999.
Dave Molta, "No Strings Attached: The Wireless LAN Alternative", Network Computing, February 22,
1999. Discussion of WLAN capabilities, economics, and future.
Edward C. Prem, "Wireless Local Area Networks", August 1997. On-line WLAN tutorial.
Kevin Flood, "Staging a Comeback: Emerging Standards Position Wireless Networks for Broad Appeal",
The Tolly Group, October 18, 1999. Good overview of WLAN standards - IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, etc.
Email: [email protected]
Breeze Wireless Communications (formerly Lannair)
2195 Faraday Ave, Suite A
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Tel: 619-431-9880
Fax: 619-431-2595
Cabletron Systems
35 Industrial Way
Rochester, NH 03867-5005
Tel: 603-332-9400
Fax: 603-337-2211
CDS Technologies
104-33 Hargrave Street
Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3C 3T9
Tel: 888-709-7080 or 204-947-5626
Fax: 204-956-5607
Email: [email protected]
Clarion
Clarion Corp. of America (Att: Phil Van Wettering)
115 Franklin Tpke, Suite 242
Mahwah, NJ 07430
Tel: 201-818-8889
Fax: 201-818-1014
Email: [email protected]
CRL (Central Research Laboratories) Ltd.
Dawley Road
Hayes, Middlesex, UK UB3 1HH
Tel: +44 (0)181 848 6661
Email: [email protected]
C-SPEC Corp.
20 Marco Lane
Dayton, OH 45458
Tel: 800-GOCSPEC or 937-439-2882
Fax: 937-439-2358 Email: [email protected]
Cylink Wireless
910 Hermosa Court
Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA
Tel: 408-735-5800
Fax: 408-735-6643
Email: [email protected]
Digital Ocean
11206 Thompson Ave.
Lenexa, KS 66219-2303
This company has gone out of business.
Digital Transmission Systems, Inc.
3000 Northwoods Parkway (Bldg. 330)
Norcross, GA 30071
Tel: 770-798-1300
Fax: 770-798-1325
E-mail: [email protected]
Digital Wireless Corp.
One Meca Way
Norcross, GA 30093
Tel: 770-564-5540
Fax: 770-564-5541
Email: [email protected]
Direct Network Services
20 Central Avenue
Ayer, MA 01432
Tel: 978-772-9978
Fax: 978-772-9984
Email: [email protected]
EMTAC Technology Corp.
1F, 22, Industry E. 9 Rd., S.B.I.P.
Hsinchu, Taiwan R.O.C.
Tel: 886 3 574-4145
Fax: 886 3 574-4141
Email: [email protected]
FreeWave
1898 Flatiron Court - Suite 2B
Boulder CO 80301
303-444-3862
303-786-9948
Glenayre Western Multiplex Corp.
1196 Borregas Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1302
Tel: 408-542-5200
Fax: 408-542-5300
GRE America, Inc.
425 Harbor Blvd.
Belmont, CA 94002
Tel: 800-233-5973 or 415-591-1400
Fax: 415-591-2001
Email: [email protected]
IBM Wireless
Mobile and Wireless Systems
8501 IBM Drive MG/78
Charlotte, NC 28262-8563
Email: [email protected]
Inficom, Inc.
645 Southcenter, Suite 343
Seattle, WA, USA 98188-2836
Tel: 206-865-9753
Fax: 206-562-6066
Email: [email protected]
InTalk Inc.
P.O. Box 2181
Melbourne, FL, USA 32901
Tel: 800-510-1516 or 407-724-7972
Fax: 407-724-7886
Email: [email protected]
Intermec Technologies Corp.
6001 36th Avenue West
P.O. Box 4280
Everett, WA 98203-9280
Tel: 425-348-2600 or 800-347-2636
Fax: 319-369-3324
Email: [email protected]
KarlNet, Inc.
5030 Postlewaite Rd.
Columbus, OH 43235-3450
Tel: 614-457-5275
Fax: 614-442-7599
Email: [email protected]
Lucent Technologies Inc.
WaveLAN Commercial Sales
Room 1H62
5 Wood Hollow Road
Parsippany, NJ 07054
Tel: 201-581-4296/4297 or 1-800 WAVELAN
Fax: 201-581-4282
Email: [email protected]
MaxTech Corp.
13915 Cerritos Corporate Drive
Cerritos, CA 90703
Tel: 562-921-1698
Fax: 562-802-9605
Metricom, Inc.
980 University Ave.
Los Gatos, CA 95030
Tel: 800-556-6123 or 408-399-8200
Email: [email protected]
Microhard Systems Inc.
#209, 12 Manning Close N.E.
Calgary, AB, Canada T2E 7N6
Tel: 403-248-0028
Fax: 403-248-2762
Email: [email protected]
SIA "Mikrotikls"
Aizkraukles iela 23
Riga, LV-1006
Latvia
Tel: +371 2 528 982, or +371 2 520 286
Fax: +371 7 542 530
Email: [email protected]
Multicap
Antwerpsesteenweg 124/19
B-2630 Aartselaar, Belgium
Tel: ++32 (0)3 877.44.80
Fax: ++32 (0)3 887.10.16
Email: [email protected]
Multipoint Networks Inc.
This company merged with Wireless, Inc. in June 1998.
Nomadic Technologies
2133 Leghorn Street
Mountain View, CA 94043
Tel: 415-988-7200
Fax: 415-988-7201
Email: [email protected]
Norand Corporation
Norand is now a division of Intermec Technologies Corp.
No Wires Needed bv
P.O.Box 343 / NL - 3720 AH Bilthoven, Netherlands
Jan Steenlaan 5 / NL - 3723 BS Bilthoven, Netherlands
Tel: +31 30 2280910
Fax: +31 30 2280911
Email:[email protected]
O'Neill Connectivities, Inc.
Utilicom Inc.
323 Love Place
Goleta, CA 93117
Tel: 805-964-5848
Fax: 805-964-5706
Wave Wireless Networking
1748 Independence Boulevard, C-5
Sarasota, FL 34234
Tel: 800-721-9283
Fax: 941-355-0219
Email: [email protected]
WaveAccess Wireless Communications
One Apple Hill, Ste. 203
Natick, MA 01760
Tel: 508-653-3646 or 508-653-3306
Email: [email protected]
WaveRider Communications Inc.
255 Consumers Rd., Suite 500
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2J 1R4
Tel: 416-502-3200
Fax: 416-502-2968
Email: [email protected]
WaveSpan Corp.
500 N. Bernardo Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
Tel: 650-919-0190
Fax: 650-919-0191
Email: [email protected]
Webgear Inc.
60 South Market Street, Suite 205
San Jose, CA 95113
Tel: 877-932-4327 or 408-271-9888
Email: [email protected]
Wi-LAN Inc.
#300-801 Manning Rd. N.E.
Calgary, AB, Canada T2E 8J5
Tel: 800-258-6876 or 403-273-9133
Fax: 403-273-5200
Email: [email protected]
Windata
Assets of this company have been acquired by Direct Network Services
Wireless, Inc.
19 Davis Drive
Belmont, CA 94002
Tel: (650) 595-3300
Fax: (650) 595-2417
Email: [email protected]
Wireless Scientific
1890 South 14th Street
Building 100, Suite 105
Amelia Island, FL 32034
Tel: 904-261-6977
Fax: 904-261-2129
Email: [email protected]
Xetron Corporation
460 West Crescentville Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45246
Tel: 513-881-3500
Fax: 513-881-3379
Email: [email protected]
Young Design, Inc
308 Hillwood Ave
Falls Church, VA 22046
Tel: 703-237-9090
Fax: 703-237-9092
Email: [email protected]
Z-COM, Inc.
7F-2, No. 9, Prosperity 1st Rd.
Zoom Telephonics
207 South Street
Boston, MA 02111
Tel: 800-666-6191 or 617-423-1072
Fax: 617-423-3923
Email: [email protected]
Cushcraft Corp.
48 Perimeter Road
Directional patch, panel and yagi antennas, and
Manchester, NH 03103 USA
omnidirectional antennas, for 2.4 GHz and 5.8
Tel: 800-258-3860 or 603-627-7877
GHz (also 5.2 GHz)
Fax: 800-258-3868 or 603-627-1764
Email: [email protected]
Davicom Technologies
2765 de l'Industrie
Trois-Rivieres-Ouest, QC G8Z 3X9 Canada Directional yagi and omni collinear antennas for
Tel: 819-370-4343 915 MHz
Fax: 819-370-4353
Email: [email protected]
Gabriel Electronics Inc.
P.O. Box 70
Scarborough, ME 04070 USA Solid and grid parabolic antennas for 2.4 GHz
Tel: 207-883-5161 and 5.8 GHz
Fax: 207-883-4469
Email: [email protected]
Larsen Electronics, Inc.
3611 N.E. 112th Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98682 Yagi, panel & omni antennas for 915 MHz; panel
Tel: 360-944-7551 or 800-426-1656 and omni antennas for 2.4 Ghz
Fax: 360-944-7556
Email: [email protected]
Maxrad, Inc.
Yagi directional antennas for 915 MHz, yagi and
4350 Chandler Drive
parabolic reflector directional antennas for 2.4
Hanover Park, IL 60103
GHz, base station and portable omnidirectional
Tel: 800-323-9122
antennas for 2.4 GHz.
Fax: 630-372-8077
Email: [email protected]
Millennium Antenna Corp.
1001 Broad Street, Suite 401
Utica, NY 13501 Custom VHF/UHF/microwave antennas.
Tel: 315-798-9374
Fax: 315-798-9431
Email: [email protected]
Mobile Mark, Inc.
3900-B River Road
Directional corner reflector antennas, and
Schiller Park, IL 60176 USA
omnidirectional antennas, for 915 MHz and 2.4
Tel: 800-648-2800 or 847-671-6690
GHz
Fax: 847-671-6715
Email: [email protected]
Radioware
PO Box 1478
Westford MA 01863, USA Yagi directional antennas for 915 MHz.
Tel: 800-950-9273 or 603-899-6959
Fax: 800-903-2987 or 508-251-0515
Email: [email protected]
Radio Waves, Inc.
267 Boston Road Corporate Place
Parabolic reflector, horn, sectoral and
Billerica, MA 01862 USA
omnidirectional antennas for frequencies above
Tel: 508-663-5777
1.5 GHz.
Fax: 508-663-6226
Email: [email protected]
RSI Wireless Communications
1757 S. Winthrop Drive
Flat panel and parabolic reflector directional
Des Plaines, IL 60018 USA
antennas for 915 MHz, 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz
Tel: 847-298-9420
bands, omnidirectional antennas for 915 MHz
Fax: 847-635-7946
Email: [email protected] (UK: [email protected])
Seavey Engineering Associates, Inc.
135 King Street
Flat plate and parabolic reflector directional
Cohasset, MA 02025 USA
antennas, various omnidirectional antennas (few
Tel: 617-383-9722
details on web site)
Fax: 617-383-2089
Email: [email protected]
Superpass Co. Inc.
17-162 Jansen Ave
Kitchener, ON N2A 2L7 Canada Omnidirectional and panel antennas for 2.4 GHz
Tel: 519-894-3489
Fax: 519-894-4534
Email: [email protected]
TECOM Industries, Inc.
9324 Topanga Canyon Blvd Panel, omnidirectional and embedded antennas
Chatsworth, CA 91311 for 915 MHz, 2.4 GHz, and 5.8 GHz. Parabolic
Tel: 818-341-4010 antennas for 2.4 GHz. Dual band 2.4/5.8 GHz
Fax: 818-718-1402 panels and parabolics.
Email: [email protected]
Telewave, Inc.
1155 Terra Bella Ave
Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Yagi directional and fibreglass collinear
Tel: 800-331-3396 or 650-968-4400 omnidirectional antennas for 915 MHz
Fax: 650-968-1741
Email: [email protected]