Trapeze Ships WLAN Mobility Upgrade

Trapeze Networks is making what it calls major additions to its Mobility System. With the new hardware and software, Trapeze provides tools to deploy a distributed or centralized WLAN and makes system capabilities, rather than topology, the focal point for customers selecting a WLAN architecture.

"The deployment flexibility, secure mobility, identity-based network services, and low operational costs that Trapeze delivers persuaded our company to standardize on the Trapeze Mobility System as our WLAN infrastructure provider," says Logitech CTO Pierre-Olivier Monnier. "With the Trapeze Mobility System, we can deploy WLANs of different sizes and topologies as they make sense in our various locations, yet deliver a consistent user experience and common IT capabilities."

The new Mobility System Software 2.0 allows IT to position the Mobility Exchanges (WLAN switches) and Mobility Points (access points) anywhere in the network. IT can choose to directly connect the two devices or use the existing wired network to link them. The system also provides stronger support for third-party APs, including powering them via standard Power over Ethernet and modeling their RF patterns in a given customer's environment. All existing Mobility Exchanges and Mobility Points can support the new release.

Trapeze is also expanding its line of Mobility Exchanges to include the MX-8 for smaller deployments or remote offices, and a data-center oriented version, the MX-400, for centralized deployments.

Rounding out the Mobility System enhancements is RingMaster 2.0, which delivers 3D planning and management capabilities that allow IT to plan a building rather than just single floors at a time.

The MX-8 and Mobility System Software 2.0 are both shipping in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The MX-400 will ship next quarter.

The MX-8 has a U.S. list price of $2,995, and the MX-400 list price will be $21,995. The new starter kit price starts at $6,995 which includes one MX-8, four dual radio Mobility Points that support 802.11a/b/g and a RingMaster license. The new Mobility Point pricing is $549 for a dual radio Mobility Point and $449 for a single radio Mobility Point. Updates to the Mobility System Software are free for customers with SafetyNet service.

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