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  June 2003   

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**Don't Miss Seminar**

Secure Wireless Networks! No fiction

Is your network reliable & secure?

Another Virus Threat!!!  

Wireless 802.11g is NOT 54Mbit/Sec




BS&T Seminar June 27th

Only one month away, The BS&T Seminar will be held at the Hampton Inn at 12197 North Meridian Street, Carmel. This is the third Melsernet's sponsored seminar and provided by BlazeCommunications

To register, download and fill out the registration form (pdf).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Book of the month
Question Based Selling

By Thomas Freese

  

 

Melsernet newsletter is designed to inform you of the latest news about our company and bring to your desktop a quick summary of the latest technological news in the IT world.

We hope you find it informative and enjoyable!!!

  • Secure Wireless Networks are finally here!
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    Now you can give your employees the freedom of wireless connectivity without compromising network security. With the SOHO-TZW, SonicWALL resolves the conflict between user demands for wireless access and network administrator security concerns.  The SOHO TZW integrates bulletproof secure wireless, firewall and VPN technologies in a single, easy-to-use solution, delivering the convenience and benefits of wireless connectivity to small-to-medium networks.


    To learn more, contact Melsernet or view our online Flash Demo for more information.

  • Is your network Reliable and Secure?
  •    Are you frustrated with desktop crashes, servers downtime and unreliable networks?  And what about security? Do you know if your network is secure on the Internet?
    Melsernet can answer all your questions by providing secure and reliable network installations while maintaining your cash flow in balance. 
    Give us a call to have the network you've been dreaming of!
  • Another Virus Threat!!
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    A new mass-mailing e-mail worm is spreading on the Internet, masking itself as a message from Microsoft Corp.'s support organization.
    The new worm is known as W32/Palyh, W32.HLLW.Mankx@mm and W32.Sobig.B@mm and arrives as an executable attachment to e-mail messages with a variety of subjects and messages. All messages containing the new virus purport to come from the same address, support@microsoft.com, according to alerts posted by a number of leading antivirus software vendors.
    Make sure you have the latest virus definitions whether you are using McAfee, Norton AV or any other. If you are not sure you have a virus checker on your machine, Click Here for a FREE Online Virus Scans.

  • The final 802.11g wireless draft throttles data rate down
  •    In order to assure backward compatibility with millions of existing 801.11b Wi-Fi devices and access points, The IEEE has approved on May 15th a new and final draft standard for 802.11g that will have a true throughput between 10M and 20Mbit/sec, far lower than the 54Mbit/sec rate initially billed for the standard.
    To ensure that the new 11g devices don't interfere with 11b devices, the new system needs to transmit an electronic warning to 11b devices that an 11g device is operating. Because both standards operate in the same 2.4GHz frequency, this built-in protection mechanism is enough to cause a cutback in actual throughput of the 802.11g devices.

    In
    pure 802.11g environment, networks will have actual data rates of around 20Mbit/sec. At those rates, the 802.11g devices still outperform 802.11b with raw data rate of 11Mbit/sec but an actual throughput of about half that speed.

    Manufacturers such as Dell, D-Link, Apple, Intel, Broadcom and others are promising users who already purchased Pre-Standard 802.11g devices that new drivers will be available and that they need to download them in order to make their gear compatible with the final IEEE standard.
    The WI-FI Alliance expects to start testing and certifying 802.11g products in June.


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