Start-up combines WLAN, cellular technologies

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JEFF CARUSO ON HIGH SPEED LANS
07/21/05
Today's focus: Start-up combines WLAN, cellular technologies

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Today's focus: Start-up combines WLAN, cellular technologies

By Jeff Caruso

Combining wireless LAN technology and cellular opens up a ton of
possibilities. One such possibility is coming from a start-up
called Junxion.

The company had a very simple idea, to figure out a way to allow
multiple WLAN-enabled computers to share a cellular data
connection. By doing so, you could set up a group of laptop
computers, all accessing the Internet, from anywhere you can get
cellular service - which these days is a heck of a lot of
places.

Junxion created what it calls the Junxion Box to accomplish
this. You plug a PC Card cellular modem into this device so that
it communicates with the cellular network on one end. On the
other, it acts as a WLAN access point, using IEEE 802.11b to
communicate with laptops. It also has a couple of 10/100M
bit/sec Ethernet ports for wired connections to those computers.

It's like the WLAN access point you may have at home, connected
to a DSL or cable modem, only the Internet access technology in
this case is cellular. The Junxion Box deals with the PC Card
modem so that you don't have to.

The box could be used anytime you need to set up a mobile or ad
hoc work group; think trade shows or conferences. Or it could be
a backup for a landline. Or it could even be used in vehicles
while you're moving around.

As I said, it's a very simple idea, but it could be a very
compelling one as well.

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