Transcript LinkSys (Cisco Systems) - University of Notre Dame

Deres Kifle Eshete
University of Notre Dame
April 6, 2004
Company History
founded in 1988 Janie & Victor Tsao’s garage
From Taiwan – Tamkang University, Information
Technology and MBA
300 employees, Irvine CA
Initial investment of $7000
Main idea - Printer to PC cables limited to 15 feet
without data degrading
Working 100 hr weeks - idea to production in 3 weeks
Success
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Entrepreneurs of the year - 2004
Cisco Systems Purchase for $500 Million – March 2003
Projected revenue - $538 Million
Hot Products – Wireless Adapters
WMP54G - Wireless-G PCI Card
($70)
• Wireless-G (802.11g) or Wireless-B
(802.11b)
• protected by up to 128-bit encryption
and the new industrial-strength WPA
WPC54G Wireless-G Notebook
Adapter ($70)
• Modulation - 802.11b: CCK (11
Mbps), DQPSK (2 Mbps), DBPSK (1
Mbps); 802.11g: OFDM
Hot Products – Routers
WAP54G Wireless-G 54Mbps ($90)
• Compatible with 802.11b
• Industrial-strength security of WPA 128-bit WEP encryption, and MAC
filtering
• The MAC Address filter lets you decide exactly who has access to your
wireless network. Configuration
• Web browser based
WRT55AG Wireless A+G Router (~$250)
• both the 2.4GHz 802.11b/g and 5GHz 802.11a
• Advanced features: SNMP manageability, and Dynamic Frequency
Selection (DFS)
• Powerful security: Up to 152-bit wireless data encryption (WEP), and
wireless MAC address filter
Hot Products – Network Camera
WVC11B Wireless-B Internet Video Camera
($125)
Built-in stand-alone web server
Connect via wireless 802.11b or wired Ethernet
Motion detect email notification
WEP encryption up to 128 bit
Standards: IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.3/802.3u
Wireless Security
MAC Address Filtering
• a unique series of numbers and letters assigned to every
networking device.
• access provided solely for wireless devices with
specific MAC addresses
WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption
VPN – Virtual Private Networks
NAT Technology
• translates IP addresses of a local area network to a
different IP address for the Internet.
SPI Firewall e.g.. a router with a built-in firewall