About 2Wire: 2Wire is a provider of broadband service platforms for the DSL market. 2Wire’s suite of solutions offers DSL providers an integrated ‘triple-play’ of data, voice, and media services. 2Wire’s products and services include the award-winning HomePortal® residential gateways, the MediaPortal™ digital entertainment services platform, and a robust Component Management System (CMS) for service management and provisioning. 2Wire’s products are distributed exclusively by the major DSL service providers including SBC Internet Services, British Telecom plc and Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V. Headquartered in San Jose, California, 2Wire was founded in July 1998 by Brian L. Hinman, a co-founder of PictureTel Corporation (formerly NASDAQ: PCTL) and Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM).

Eliminate Coldspots with HyperGTM Technology
2Wire's high-powered wireless technology virtually eliminates wireless 'coldspots' in the home. HomePortal provides up to seven times the true power of traditional access points and increases wireless bandwidth by using a high power 400mW transmitter*. Most wireless access points provide less than 100mW.

2Wire's HyperG technology provides all its benefits using a standards-based, interoperable design. Performance of your existing wireless 802.11b and 802.11g adapters will improve with a HyperG-enabled HomePortal. And if you add HyperG adapters to your computers, your wireless performance improves even more.

3 Are Better Than 2
2Wire's unique triple wireless antenna design extends wireless reach and boosts performance compared to typical 802.11 wireless designs which have only two antennas. HomePortal has a third antenna used only for transmitting packets. This means 2Wire's wireless gateways avoid the power loss associated with switching the antenna use back and forth, from transmit to receive.

Antenna placement is optimized with a dedicated set of receive-only antennas resulting in greater access point sensitivity and increased wireless throughput and range. Increased bandwidth throughout the home is critical for high-bandwidth, value added services such as digital media.

Official 2Wire Web Site: 2Wire

Wi-Fi Technology

The Wi-Fi Alliance (formerly WECA) is the global Wi-Fi organization that created the Wi-Fi brand. A nonprofit organization, the Alliance was formed in 1999 to certify interoperability of IEEE 802.11 products and to promote them as the global, wireless LAN standard across all market segments. Wi-Fi networks use radio technologies called IEEE 802.11b or 802.11a to provide secure, reliable, fast wireless connectivity. A Wi-Fi network can be used to connect computers to each other, to the Internet, and to wired networks (which use IEEE 802.3 or Ethernet). Wi-Fi networks operate in the unlicensed 2.4 and 5 GHz radio bands, with an 11 Mbps (802.11b) or 54 Mbps (802.11a) data rate or with products that contain both bands (dual band), so they can provide real-world performance similar to the basic 10BaseT wired Ethernet networks used in many offices.

For More Indepth Wi-Fi Technical Info Visit: The Wi-Fi Alliance