[ale] wireless lan that's not wifi?

[fletch at phydeaux.org (Fletch)]

>>>>> "Preston" == Preston Boyington <PBoyington at polyengineering.com> writes:

    Preston> Geoffrey wrote:
    >> So I'm talking to this guy yesterday and he tells me there's
    >> this wireless technology out there that can be used for
    >> networking and he refers to it as 'wireless lan.'  Says it's
    >> not wifi and actually has been around longer than wifi.  Can't
    >> be bluetooth.  So folks, anyone know what this magical,
    >> mysterious technology is?

    Preston> Aeronet?  I think thats the brand actually.  I don't

Aironet was/is Cisco's brand name for some of their WiFi Stuff.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/

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