ORiNOCO Access Server adds additional levels of security and account management on top of Wi-Fi 802.11b wireless local area technologies. VirtuaLAN's subscribers will need ORiNOCO equipped laptops or mobile computing devices. VirtuaLAN's single platform network facilitates virtual private network services that provide end users with the ability to walk into an airport or a hotel room and to securely get high-speed access back to their corporate network. VirtuaLAN also enables end users to quickly log onto the Internet in their hotel rooms, eliminating the searching for phone jacks and changing of dial-up configurations. VirtuaLAN is compatible with Lucent's WaveLAN ORiNOCO office products, Lucent's Residential Gateway products for the home, and other vendor devices with 802.11b interface cards.
Users receive free access with geographically targeted, rich media ads.
The hubs, or kiosks, will be installed first at Logan Airport in Boston and at Philadelphia International. At least 15 hubs will be located throughout high traffic areas of the airports. GDM's hubs will also feature wireless equipment powered and provided via Cisco Systems so that users need only have a wireless ethernet card in their laptops to access the Web. GDM claims users can have wireless access up to 500 feet from the hubs. CAIS Internet CAIS Internet has real experience supplying access to users in hotels and airports.