Chantry Networks Launches BeaconWorks WLAN Switch

Chantry Networks, a start-up based in Boston and Toronto, unveiled its BeaconWorks family of wireless LAN products built on a routed IP architecture. Chantry said its routed IP architectures enables networks to scale from tens to literally thousands of access points and hundreds of thousands of simultaneous users. The initial products in the BeaconWorks family are the BeaconMaster controller and the BeaconPoint access point. In Chantry’s unique architecture, BeaconMaster controllers aggregate all access points – BeaconPoints, as well as third-party access points – into what appears to the rest of the network as individual, centrally managed IP subnets. User session management takes place at the controller, rather than at the access points, allowing users to freely roam from access point to access point throughout the network without any interruption in service. If an access point fails, the next closest access point automatically assumes responsibility for its user sessions.
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