Monday, July 14, 2003
Cisco Systems introduces Wireless-B Media Adapter along with Sony's RoomLink media adapters that can be used as Wi-Fi access point to make connections between a PC and a stereo or a television besides built-in cable capacility. The adapter is sold at $200 each.
Wi-Fi networks use the 802.11b standard to create 300-foot areas where files can be wirelessly downloaded at up to 2.4 megabits per second.
By acting like the Wi-Fi antennas embedded inside a growing number of laptops, the wireless media adapters are able to bring home electronics to the Wi-Fi party. With the adapter properly attached using cables, stereos and televisions can wirelessly link to a personal computer to download and play MP3 files or perform a slide show on a TV.
The wireless adapters are another sign of how Wi-Fi connectivity is beginning to expand its reach beyound laptops.
By: DocMemory
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