The Nexland Wavebase and Orinoco Wireless Combo
Introduction
Nexland,
created in 1994, is a relatively new player in the global networking market.
With an emerging market presence, they are difficult to locate at your favorite
e-boutique or some online search engines such as Pricewatch.com. What does
Nexland offer that's different than the likes of Netgear or DLink? In the
case of the Wavebase and Orinoco wireless products, the possibility of unlimited
IPSec tunnels and some features that may approach the likes of Cisco.
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Factory
Specifications
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The
Wavebase
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- 802.11B (11MB)
Wireless Router w/ 128 Bit WEP
- High-Speed
4 Port 10/100 Switch with Duplex (200MB)
- Over 8MB
Bi-Directional Throughput
- Unlimited
IPsec Tunnels
- Supports
PPPoE, IPsec Server Behind NAPT, SNMPv1, Full Routing
- 5-year warranty
+ 30-day money back guarantee.
- Price: $399
USD
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Factory
Specifications
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The
Orinoco
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- 11Mb/s IEEE
802.11b high rate compliant
- 128-bit key
encryption
- Range: Open
Environment: 525 feet
- Warranty:
not published
- Price: $159
USD
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Description & Specifications
The Wavebase
arrives with such a laundry list of features that frankly I'm going to recommend
you download and read the manual
for yourself. In this review it would take me over 20 pages to thoroughly
cover ALL of them. I'm just not that long winded…
OK, so there
are many features to wade through. As I see it, the Wavebase does three things.
(1) Four port 10/100Mbps
Switch
(2) Router
(3) WAP (Wireless Access Point)
The Orinoco card (or something
similar) is required for a client to access the Wavebase.
Setup
Since networking
can be a rather hairy subject, I've included a working sample of a test configuration
here at TargetPC. There exists an almost infinite number of configurations
that will work, so just use this one for a guide.
