Subject: (DePippo) Blue and getting more Blue (fwd)
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 190741 -0600 (CST)
From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To: emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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........Yes, if sanity is not pursued by SOME responsible institution
that has the power to make a difference ... the wireless "blue world" now
**exploding** in our midst ... will prove to be far more sinister, more
unhealthy and more hurtful than the world Rachel Carson discovered......
That "responsible" and "sane" institution is not likely to be the
"democrat" government of the U.S. -- owned by the BIG spenders......
Will that "sane" institution be the European Parliament?.......
If not, the Blue World of "Lucent technologies," such as described below,
is likely to govern our future ... and we will have NO VOTE in the
matter.... Not a voice..... We are not "at the table"....... And
neither is any other "voice" of the public......
Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
rbeavers@llion.org................
...It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness...
.................PEOPLE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN PROFITS...............
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 19:27:34 EST
From: PDepippo@aol.com
To: rbeavers@llion.org
Subject: Blue and getting more Blue
Lucent Technologies Announces Converter to Easily Link Data Equipment to its
WaveLAN Wireless Local Area Network
If it's equipped for Ethernet, it's Now Ready to go Wireless
MURRAY HILL, N.J., March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucent Technologies today
announced the WaveLAN(R) Ethernet Converter that makes networked printers,
desktop computers and point of sale (POS) terminals as portable as cell
phones. The device is a "plug and play" add-on to any standard network
socket.
This Bell Labs innovation makes it possible for a business to, in effect,
build its own wireless network to connect a range of installed office,
business and industrial devices such as printers, point-of-sale terminals,
UNIX machines, copiers or scanners.
The converter, about the size of a paperback novel, enables any of these
devices to communicate to a high-speed WaveLAN wireless network consisting of
any combination of handheld wireless terminals, laptop computers, desktop
computers and networked access points linked to corporate networks or the
Internet.
"The Ethernet Converter is exactly what we needed," said Mark Payne, network
administrator at Worthington Steel. "We use it to connect our remote printers
to our WAN network. We don't have the expense or labor of running cable. We
roll the printer to where it is needed, turn it on and it's ready to print.
Worthington Steel has an industrial environment not conducive to radio, but
the WaveLAN Ethernet Converter works like a champ."
With the use of the WaveLAN Ethernet Converter, warehouse managers will be
able to relocate scanners to outlying freight areas. Retailers will be able
to move point of sale terminals and cash registers wherever they are required
for sales and special events. Printers will no longer be limited to locations
with network cable access, enabling them to be moved to high-use areas as
needed.
There are two versions of the WaveLAN Ethernet connectivity device. The
WaveLAN/EC is for Ethernet (10BaseT) devices and the WaveLAN/EC-S is for
devices with either or both an Ethernet (10BaseT) or a serial (RS-232)
interface. The WaveLAN/EC-S Ethernet Converter provides an Ethernet
connection and an RS-232 serial connection. This makes it possible to connect
older equipment that previously could not be networked, to be connected to a
wireless network via the RS-232. Because no special drivers are required,
adding the WLAN functionality will not require changing or altering the
application software of the host system.
Both WaveLAN Ethernet Converters use a PC Card architecture that enables users
to pick a variety of WaveLAN radios to use with their system. Current options
include WaveLAN/IEEE, WaveLAN/IEEE Silver with WEP security, and support for
the new high speed WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo will be available late April 1999. MRP
(Manufacturer's Reference Price) for the Ethernet/EC is $295. MRP for the
WaveLAN/EC-S is $395. The Ethernet Converter will be available from Lucent
VARs and sales channels April 1999.
More on Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies is a global leader in wireless LANs, with installations in
more than 50 countries. Through its Bell Labs research and development arm,
Lucent holds a total of 25 patents on high-speed WLAN technology. Lucent
Technologies also plays a leading role in WLAN standards development by virtue
of its chairmanships of the IEEE 802.11 and ETSI BRAN (Broadband Radio Access
Network) committees.
The WaveLAN family of products is sold worldwide through Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs) and through a network of value-added resellers (VARs),
distributors and OEMs. For more WaveLAN product and VAR information visit
http://www.wavelan.com on the Web or call 800-WAVELAN.
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J. (USA), designs, builds
and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications
systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and
microelectronic components. For more information on Lucent Technologies,
visit the corporate web site at http://www.lucent.com.
WaveLAN and WavePOINT are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lucent
Technologies.
03/29/99 17:24 EST http://www.prnewswire.com
Archive provided courtesy of WaveGuide, http://www.wave-guide.org
Reprinted with permission of Roy Beavers, http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html