Even though the attendance at Computex was influenced by SARS crisis, there was still an upsurge of visitors last year. As the rising demand for network products remains, WLAN professional provider National Datacomm Corporation(NDC), continues the Wireless Outdoor Bridge, providing the expanded Outdoor Family and 802.11g Firewall AP Router for added value this year. With the successful release of the most popular product in the networking market: the 802.11b WLAN Outdoor Bridge last year, NDC follows up this year with the launch of the WLAN Outdoor Family.

The WLAN Outdoor Family of products will benefit enterprises in multiple ways. The devices can be installed outdoors with wireless links put in place between buildings, extending the corporate network so that management can be centralized and a single leased-line Internet connection can be shared by all, drastically reducing costs. Our WLAN Outdoor products also enable the creation of "hotspots," making it possible to offer network connectivity in public areas, on college campuses, and throughout the grounds of hotels and recreational facilities. This year, NDC releases the Outdoor Bridge Family, except existing NWH9210 (compliant with 802.11b), which includes NWH9250 (compliant with 802.11g) and NWH9220 (compliant with niche 2.5GHz). They cover three kinds of frequency bands, enabling the network to function in all kinds of environments and to function effortlessly in even the most demanding situations.

"Hot Spots" are getting more and more popular around the world, but the coverage is much less than the GPRS system. "Always-on" is still the ideal situation due to this limitation. NWH 1610 WLAN +GPRS Card can provide the solution with 900/1800/1900 of GPRS system and 802.11b standard.Users can surf the internet in "Hot Spots" under 802.11b standard and connect to GPRS automatically under the GPRS system coverage. After providing the WLAN+GPRS Card to China Mobile, NDC is focused on entering the European and North American market. The WLAN+GPRS Card is warming up in Europe since many telecommunication manufacturers are seeking the dual mode solution in Cebit 2004. NDC is one of the pioneers in the technology of WLAN +GPRS and will remain so for years to come.

WLAN products have swamped the market in the past few years resulting in drastic price reductions. However, the reduced prices and higher transfer rates are still not enough to attract new consumers.NDC's newest 802.11g+ wireless Firewall Router gives household and small-office users the benefits of an 802.11g+ wireless access point (AP), 10/100-Mpbs four-port Ethernet switch, ADSL/cable modem-compatible wide-area network (WAN) port, and state-of-the-art firewall for safe, secure Internet access by multiple hosts sharing a single public IP address. The Firewall Router's wireless interface features a Texas Instruments chipset - that in Turbo mode can provide throughput equivalent to a 100-Mbps signaling rate. The firewall offers multi-level protection via Network Address Translation NAT), Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), and DoS attack prevention. Complementing the firewall are DMZ, virtual server, and event logging features. In the words of NDC CEO Chiang Chang-hua, "As the WLAN market matures, the variety of products increases. What is needed today, in addition to the existing 802.11b and 11g offerings; are products that provide more complete sets of capabilities, and NDC fills those needs."