Multiple overlapped Access Points reduce contention and collisions between mobile units and increases system capacity. The BayStack wireless network can be designed to provide from 2 Mbps to 10 Mbps or more of aggregate bandwidth in a given coverage area. The BayStack 600 Series Wireless LAN Products offer multiple layers of security, including Access Point locking, user authentication, data scrambling, domain identification, and Frequency Hopping. Access Point locking prevents unauthorized users from configuring Access Points. With user authentication, each Access Point can contain a registry list of authorized BayStack 600 Series Wireless PC Card serial numbers.
Data scrambling enables data to be encrypted.
Spread spectrum radios provide a secure link between the PC Cards and the Access Points. The BayStack 600 Series Wireless LAN Products protect your investment through flash upgradeability, guaranteeing industry-wide interoperability. As advances in portable computers make them essentially technically equal to desktop systems, up to a third of all PCs purchased by corporations are now laptops. This trend indicates that the increased productivity that mobility provides is extremely important to many corporations. There is a growing need for mobile PCs running desktop and network applications to remain connected to network resources as users move about the workplace.