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News Release from: ICP | Subject: MeshBox
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 February 2005
Router takes control wireless mesh
networks
The MeshBox is a novel LocustWorld compatible mesh router, targeted at the growing market for wireless mesh in industrial applications.
The MeshBox is a novel LocustWorld compatible mesh router, targeted at the growing market for wireless mesh in industrial applications The MeshBox is based on the LocustWorld concept that intelligent co-operative networking can link many wireless devices into a large mesh network
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 11 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Any suitable 2.4GHz antenna can be attached to the MeshBox using the standard reverse-SMA connector on the wireless card.
"We are very pleased that we can now offer the new MeshBox PC for wireless networking".
"The small form factor rugged design MeshBox can be mounted in a wide variety of locations and is totally PC compatible, making it an excellent base for embedded applications like the MeshAP", said Kevan Wells, Project Manager of ICP.
"The MeshBox is compatible with standard 802.11 Wi-Fi networking, and with the LocustWorld MeshAP software installed, the system becomes an intelligent, self-organising wireless network router - the building block for mesh networks that can cover hundreds of square miles using dozens of MeshBoxes if required".
"Mesh networking has great potential in industrial environments".
"Universal wireless connectivity, mobility, and high security, allows new applications in factories, warehouses, mines, power-plants and many other situations".
"Using a wireless mesh enables instant secure connectivity throughout a wide area, without needing to install extensive cabling systems".
"The mesh routing is self configuring, so that a network rollout can be completed quickly and at low cost", he continued.
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