Your network comes with you. Federal users of existing NetWave products agree. We were expending an exorbitant amount of time recabling cubicles. With all these new connections plus upgrades to the backbone, it was just way too much. The new approach has opened the door to more productivity because workers do not have to be at their cubicles to access information and because the network can be reconfigured without taking time to run new wires, Taylor said.
Analysts view wireless LANs as a supplement to traditional LANs.
And even Bay officials acknowledge that wireless LANs are not designed to replace wired LANs. Still, Bay is not treating its new wireless line as a second-tier networking product, according to Hold. They're not putting it on one side and saying, 'It's a wireless thing. Instead, Bay is quickly marketing wireless products as part of a total networking solution, he said. Accordingly, Bay aims to keep its new product line simple.