WiNc

Information technology specialists, business people and professionals alike are increasingly using wireless networks in their daily work.Yet managing the way in which they "roam" on different 802.11 networks can be a frustrating and time-consuming task. Cirond's industry leading Winc wireless connectivity tool makes it simple.

This can be a challenge using the proprietary client software that comes bundled with some wireless cards, notebook computers or pocket PCs. Winc makes it easy. Also, network administrators can use Winc to provide users with a single, consistent, best-in-class wireless connectivity tool across the enterprise.

Managing your wireless network connections -Cirond's Winc client (for Windows or Pocket PC) automatically detects and connects to 802.11 networks and stores personalized profiles so users can automatically connect to their favorite wireless networks easily - without having to re-configure WEP and connection settings each time.

Collaborating wirelessly - Whether it's working at a client or supplier's office for an hour, a day or a week - you can use Winc to quickly create a network to share documents and resources. Winc enables secure, ad-hoc 802.11-based networks to be instantly set-up anywhere, anytime, and enables collaborative work groups to concurrently share and work on documents in real-time without requiring access points. This capability can be used, for example, to enable a group of people to concurrently work on a spreadsheet to prepare a budget; to allow multimultiple Tablet PC users to share a whiteboard.

Here are some key features of "WiNc":

￭ Customization using software "skins" ￭ The ability to save lists of available networks ￭ Support for Windows domain logon ￭ Instantly being able to check Internet availability on a given wireless network ￭ Being able to quickly toggle between settings using new Toolbar buttons ￭ Customization of networks and adapters views to see as little or as much information as you want ￭ Integrated Ping/Trace routing, providing a utility for connectivity diagnosis ￭ The ability to sort the available network list ￭ Support for most major wireless PC card, CompactFlash and on-board Wi-Fi adapters ￭ Automatic Wi-Fi network detection of all available Wi-Fi networks including SSID, channel, and WEP state ￭ User network profiles that enable users to automatically connect to identified private and public Wi-Fi networks based on a user-defined priority sequence including automatic WEP key support ￭ Support for Cirond's AutoKey WEP key delivery system (when used in conjunction with Cirond Winc Manager 2.0) ￭ Automatic WEP key configuration ￭ Automatic WEP key rotation ￭ Automatic profile creation ￭ Location-based network access authorization ￭ Network channel allocation and load balancing for higher throughput access

What's New in This Release:

￭ Winc can now be customized using software "skins". ￭ Users can save lists of available networks and access points ￭ Support for Windows domain logon is now built into Winc. ￭ It is now simpler to instantly check Internet availability on a given wireless network - and to quickly toggle between settings using new Toolbar buttons. ￭ Winc allows users to customize their view of networks and adapters so that they see as little or as much information as they want. ￭ Winc includes integrated Ping/Trace routing, providing a utility for connectivity diagnosis.