19/3/2008

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Alpha Micro Components, a leading international distributor of electronic components, has added the MatchPort b/g Pro to its extensive portfolio of networking products. The MatchPort b/g Pro allows a wide range of machines to be managed and controlled remotely over a network with an added level of security.

MatchPort b/g Pro is the industry’s most secure embedded WiFi networking module designed for applications that require the safest and most reliable technology for secure data transfer in sensitive applications such as medical records and government data transmissions and financial transactions. MatchPort b/g Pro features SmartRoam that provides users a higher degree of reliability and mobility when moving throughout a building, warehouse, or even across campus-wide networks. SmartRoam continuously tracks the radio signal strength of access points within range. Pre-authentication and caching enables smooth and automatic transition to an access point with a stronger signal, enhancing mobile reliability while minimising communication disruption for the user. Unlike other solutions, users experience a seamless transition, gain uninterrupted mobility and a quicker, more reliable connection to the network.

MatchPort b/g Pro’s security features include:
• IEEE 802.11i compliant radio with AES-CCMP (Advanced Encryption Standard-Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol) and TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol)
• Complete suite of 802.1x EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocols) including EAP-TLS (Transport Layer Security), EAP-TTLS (Tunneled Transport Layer Security), PEAP (Open standard from Cisco Systems, Microsoft and RSA Security), LEAP (Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol)
• End-to-end TLS/SSL 3.0 (Secure Sockets Layer) and SSH (Secure Shell) tunneling
• End-to-end AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 128-bit encrypted tunneling

MatchPort b/g Pro handles the most computationally demanding or data intensive applications effortlessly with a 32-bit, 159 MIPS (Dhrystone 2.1) 166 MHz processor. With 8 MB of SDRAM and 8 MB flash, it provides enough memory capacity for OEM customisation, loading web pages, and data ‘store and forward’ applications. It features two serial input ports with 230Kbps data rate capability, seven control pins (CP/GPIO), and a wide operational temperature range of -40° to 70°C, with the option to operate up to 85°C with lower MTBF (mean time between failures).

Christos Papakyriacou, Managing Director, Alpha Micro Components comments: “During the past few years, we have seen considerable growth in both sales and the demand of Lantronix device networking products. The reason is that more and more companies realise the huge advantages of being able to remotely monitor and mange their equipment. Lantronix are a leader in device networking products and the introduction of the new secure MatchPort b/g Pro module will now make this technology available to new vertical markets at an affordable entry level. “

For more information please visit: http://www.alphamicro.net/


About Alpha Micro Components www.alphamicro.net
Founded in 1995, Alpha Micro is a successful independent specialist franchised distributor focusing on the M2M market servicing the Telecoms, Datacoms, Security, Electronic Point of Sale (EPoS) and Machine to Machine (M2M) sectors with components from world leading manufacturers, our franchised product lines include Lantronix, u-blox, Sagem, Meshnetics, Teridian Semiconductor and the company's own 'AMC' range - Alpha Micro has built an enviable reputation for product knowledge, customer service and innovation.
What really sets Alpha Micro apart from the competition is its design-based approach to distribution and it’s in depth knowledge of the products and the markets we serve. Our current line card brings you the finest wireless and communications products and to get you started our engineering team offers the best available technical support.

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