Product category: Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Wind River Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 27 November 2001
Wind River reckons
Apple's AirPort is cool
Wind River has awarded its Cool Customer Design to Apple Computer, for its recently announced AirPort wireless network solution for home, school and office
This next generation wireless solution includes the AirPort basestation which was built using Wind River's Tornado for Home Gateways (THG) integrated development platform and WindNet Radius user access control software. The AirPort wireless solution is based on the IEEE 802.11b wireless networking standard, providing fast, untethered connectivity throughout home or office.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 November 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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At the heart of this solution is the base station, providing shared network access, firewall security and encryption.
With multiple Ethernet and wireless ports and network address translation, the device can create a private network in which up to 50 users share a single global network address.
Using Wind River's Tornado for Home Gateways software platform, Apple was able to boost the networking performance of the Airport Base Station and add new features such as Radius, which enables schools and businesses to centrally manage user access control.
Wind River also provided development hardware and support services to assist Apple in customising and testing the software in parallel with hardware development.
Wind River's complete solution allowed Apple to deliver this final product in record time.
'With the introduction of AirPort, the first affordable and easy-to-use IEEE802.11b product, Apple has led the wireless revolution', said Greg Joswiak, senior director of hardware product marketing at Apple.
'Including key technologies from great companies like Wind River have enabled us to take the new AirPort basestation to the next generation with an even more powerful and flexible architecture'.
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