Cisco Aironet 340 Series LAN Wireless Solutions March 20, 2000

Agenda Cisco Wireless Initiatives WLAN Market Trends and Dynamics Applications Customer WLAN Requirements Introducing Cisco Aironet 340 Series Customer Adoption Summary

Cisco’s Wireless Initiatives Wireless LAN Wireless Local Loop Point-Point/Multipoint Wireless Point-Point/Multipoint Wireless Mobile cellular voice/data Communications

WLAN Market Drivers & Trends Wireless LAN “Tornado” driven by: Recent adoption of IEEE (b) standard 11 Mbps speeds a reality Lower costs Anytime, anywhere mobile computing Sales are expected to grow from $771 million in 1999 to $2.2 billion in 2004* 2.4 GHz band is: Available without a license Available Globally Cisco’s entrance helps validate the WLAN market *Cahners In-Stat

Diverse and Attractive Markets Enterprise & Small/Medium Businesses Consumer/Home Education K-12 cost effective network infrastructure Dynamic class sizes in universities Healthcare Access and update patient data directly at the point of care

Wireless LAN Applications: In-Building Network Mobility Constant access to critical business information Overlay to existing wired networks Free standing network when wires aren’t feasible Delivers high speed LAN without the high first time installation costs of a wired network Flexible WLAN Solution Cost effective, quick network deployment

Wireless LAN Applications: Building-to-Building Building-to-building connection provides cost and deployment benefits Eliminates recurring leased line charges, physical barriers between buildings and frustrating installation delays Easy to deploy and re-deploy License free

Up to 128 bit Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) Must integrate with existing LAN management infrastructure Roaming to extend the network; deployment in large enterprise facilities (b); FCC-certified Under $200/NIC Bandwidth for mainstream business applications Market RequirementProof Points Customer WLAN Requirements Manageable Scalable Standards-based Price/Performance Secure

Introducing the Cisco Aironet 340 Series Wireless LAN Solutions Fully-integrated family of wireless LAN products: PC Card/PCI and ISA Client Adapters Access Points Line-of-Sight Bridge Products Antennas & Accessories The new Cisco Aironet 340 Series of b compliant high speed wireless solutions offers the best performance, manageability, scalability and security for both in-building and building to building wireless applications

Cisco Aironet 340 Series Client Adapters Client access for both notebook and desktop systems Broad Operating Systems Support: Windows 95, 98, Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000 Windows CE Novell Netware clients Easy, simple installation Lifetime limited warranty

Cisco Aironet 340 Series Access Points Center point of a stand-alone wireless network Connection point between wireless and wired networks Enables mobile roaming and coverage throughout a building

Cisco Aironet 340 Series Bridges Building-to-Building connectivity at up to 25 miles (line of sight) Cost effective alternative to leased line/T1 Rapid, simple deployment and re-deployment Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint No government license required

Security 128-bit (Strong Encryption) optional Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) Inherent security of spread spectrum Upcoming security enhancements: Certificate Server for authentication and centralized security management Multiple certificate server support x.509 compliance Wireless LANs raise security implications not found with traditional wired LANs. Cisco addresses these concerns:

Manageability SNMP-compliant MIBs enable centralized management with a variety of packages Browser or Telnet AP configuration, diagnostics, mapping utilities for management “out of the box” Local or Remote AP Configuration through Console Port or over LAN Aironet Client Utility (ACU) for site surveys, client configuration

Scalability Microcellular Architecture delivers uninterrupted network access as users roam from one AP to another Provides coverage for a facility of practically any size Load Sharing maintains throughput as clients increase within a microcell Variety of directional and omnidirectional antennas tailor coverage area to fit facilities of different sizes and materials To meet Business Class requirements, WLANs must scale to thousands of users.

Performance Delivers Performance and Price: 11Mbps NICs are < $ b Direct Sequence is the High Speed Standard Aironet Leads in Throughput and Range 15+ years of signal processing experience means better multipath management Third generation Aironet MAC, RISC-based Access Points Wide range of diversity antennas cover all applications

Customer Adoption New Media, Telecommunications and Entertainment services company which provides the long-haul trucking industry with Cable TV, Telephony (local and long distance), Internet access, voice messaging systems exclusively. AwayMed.com provides a Web-based education solution called eCare to strengthen the connection between patients and physicians. A global leader in online personal financial services Dell Using Aironet Wireless LAN products for use in consumer applications

Cisco Integrated Solution Cisco delivers wired and wireless end-to-end solution for voice, video and data Servers Printer WorkstationsIP Phone Call Manager Enterprise Branch SMB Cisco 17xx/26xx/36xx WAN Access Cluster of Switches LAN PBX Servers Printer Workstations Cluster of Switches Cisco 7xxx WAN Aggregation IP Phone Call Manager Catalyst 6500 Campus Backbone Enterprise Campus VPN Ethernet 10/100 Hubs 10/100 Switches 10/100/1000 Wireless Switches Switches Access Points

Summary: Cisco Positioned for Success in the WLAN Market Channels Products Solutions Partners Comprehensive WLAN product line that meets the needs of customers: Security Manageability Scalability Price/Performance WLAN market poised for explosive growth Market leaders will have complete wired and wireless end to end solution The new Cisco Aironet 340 Series of b compliant high speed wireless solutions offers the best performance, manageability, scalability and security for both in-building and building to building wireless applications

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Where Do We Fit? Wireless Data Networks Broadband PCS Broadband PCS Metricom Local Wide Coverage Area Satellite Spread Spectrum Wireless LANs Spread Spectrum Wireless LANs Circuit & Packet Data Cellular, CDPD, RAM, ARDIS Circuit & Packet Data Cellular, CDPD, RAM, ARDIS Narrowband PCS Data Rates 9.6 Kbps 19.6 Kbps 56 Kbps 1 Mbps Mbps Infrared Wireless LANs Infrared Wireless LANs Narrow Band Wireless LANs Narrow Band Wireless LANs Cisco Aironet Products

License Free ISM Band Extremely Low Very Low MediumHighVery High Ultra High Super High InfraredVisible Light Ultra- violet X-Rays Audio AM Broadcast Short Wave RadioFM Broadcast Television Infrared wireless LAN Cellular (840MHz) NPCS (1.9GHz) MHz 26 MHz Older Product 5 GHz (IEEE A) HyperLAN HyperLAN2 Future Technology 2.4 – GHz 83.5 MHz (IEEE B) Current Product