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News Release from: Lantronix | Subject: MatchPort b/g Pro
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 23 January 2008
Wireless module secures sensitive
communications
The MatchPort b/g Pro from Lantronix is claimed to be the industry's most secure embedded 802.11 b/g networking module.
The latest addition to the MatchPort family of pin/form factor-compatible wired and wireless networking modules, the MatchPort b/g Pro is an ideal networking solution for data sensitive, regulatory, and IT-driven applications that demand the safest and most reliable technology such as medical records, financial transactions and government data In addition, MatchPort b/g Pro features SmartRoam, a breakthrough technology from Lantronix that provides users a higher degree of reliability and mobility when moving throughout a building, warehouse, or even across campus-wide networks
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Listening to our customers, we realised the need for an ultra-secure wireless networking module for applications handling critically-sensitive information such as patient data and point-of-sale transactions".
"We developed MatchPort b/g Pro to exceed the wireless security requirements for even the most specialised applications and environments", says Reagan Y Sakai, interim CEO and CFO.
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"Along with the highest degree of wireless reliability, MatchPort b/g Pro takes the complexity out of RF design and embedded networking, allowing OEMs to focus on their core competencies while minimising engineering risk, shortening development time and reducing development cost".
"In our hospitals and medical facilities it is important for wireless equipment and associated technology to deliver the highest levels of security to ensure compliance with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) mandates", says David Hemendinger, Vice President, CTO for LifeSpan, Rhode Island's first healthcare system.
"Security protocols such as 802.11i and 802.1x EAP authentication are vital to ensure our patients' privacy and should become mandatory requirements in any wireless point-of-care deployment".
MatchPort b/g Pro's extensive suite of security features include: an IEEE802.11i compliant radio with AES-CCMP (Advanced Encryption Standard-Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol) and TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol); a complete suite of 802.1x EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocols) including EAP-TLS (Transport Layer Security), EAP-TTLS (Tunneled Transport Layer Security), PEAP (Open standard from Cisco Systems, Microsoft and RSA Security), LEAP (Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol); end-to-end TLS/SSL 3.0 (Secure Sockets Layer) and SSH (Secure Shell) tunnelling; and end-to-end AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 128bit encrypted tunnelling.
Going beyond IEEE802.11 standards, the MatchPort also features the SmartRoam technology.
SmartRoam continuously tracks the radio signal strength of access points within range.
Pre-authentication and caching enables smooth and automatic transition to an access point with a stronger signal, enhancing mobile reliability while minimising communication disruption for the user.
Unlike other solutions, users experience a seamless transition, gain uninterrupted mobility, and a quicker, more reliable connection to the network.
The MatchPort b/g Pro is the third member of the MatchPort product family of pin/form factor-compatible device networking platforms.
The MatchPort family enables OEMs to future-proof their designs with the flexibility of delivering wired or wireless connectivity on the same board design with a choice of modules offering an array of price and performance options.
The family also includes the MatchPort AR, (turnkey, application-ready programmable device server module with highly-secure Ethernet connectivity and advanced web server capabilities), and the MatchPort b/g, (full-featured, secure, embedded 802.11 b/g device server module).
MatchPort b/g Pro handles the most computationally demanding or data intensive applications effortlessly with a 32bit, 159DMIPS 166MHz processor.
With 8Mbyte of SDRAM and 8Mbyte of Flash, it provides enough memory capacity for OEM customisation, loading web pages, and data store-and-forward applications.
It features two serial ports with 230Kbit/s datarate capability, seven control pins (CP/GPIO), and a wide operational temperature range of -40 to +70C, and optionally to +85C.
An application API and software developer kit (SDK) will be available, enabling OEMs to develop and deploy custom applications meeting their specific needs.
The MatchPort b/g Pro will be available worldwide in March through the Lantronix channel and other sales partners.
The SDK will be available during the second quarter of 2008.
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