Netgear chooses shipset for 802.11g home networks

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jan 9, 2004

Netgear has selected the industry-leading Marvell Libertas 802.11g wireless LAN chipset solution for its new IEEE802.11g home networking solutions.

Netgear has selected the industry-leading Marvell Libertas 802.11g wireless LAN chipset solution for its new IEEE802.11g home networking solutions.

Netgear selected Marvell's 802.11g home gateway solution based on its high-level of integration and its ability to allow Netgear to accelerate the widespread adoption of 54Mbit/s 802.11g connectivity.

"Netgear customers are demanding devices that use 802.11g", stated Patrick Lo, Chairman and CEO of Netgear.

"In order to sustain this requirement, we needed a platform that will allow Netgear to continually provide products that offer cutting-edge performance, full feature sets and the level of affordability that our customer expect from us.

Selecting the Marvell 802.11g Libertas solution for our WGR614 cable/DSL wireless router is a natural choice since Marvell is committed to offering the best solutions possible to meet today's market requirements".

"We are excited that Netgear has chosen Marvell Libertas 802.11g Wireless LAN solutions to be part of their feature-rich wireless home networking products", said Weili Dai, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Marvell's Communications Business Group.

"Netgear's selection is an example of the adoption of Marvell Libertas 802.11g solutions by worldwide customers who demand high performance, robust and reliable wireless solutions".

The Marvell Libertas family offers the industry's broadest portfolio of 802.11g chipsets, software, and reference designs.

It includes the Marvell AP-32 reference design for 802.11g wireless home gateways and routers.

"AP-32 is optimised to enable ODM and OEM customers to provide high-performance, cost-effective 802.11g wireless home gateway solutions in the smallest software memory and hardware footprint possible", stated Dr James C Chen, Marvell's Wireless Product Marketing Manager.

The reference design includes support for 802.11g 54Mbit/s connectivity, WPA security protocol, 802.11g/802.11b mixed-mode operation, Marvell's award winning Virtual Cable Tester (VCT) diagnostic technology and upcoming IEEE wireless standard features.

In addition, it offers Marvell's flexible software architecture that allows customers to easily add capabilities such as NAT, Firewall, VPN pass-through and parental control for a more feature-rich wireless home gateways and routers.