Aironet Wireless Communications

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Aironet is a maker of wireless networking equipment currently operated as a division of Cisco Systems. It was started by ex-Marconi Wireless employees in 1986 as Telesystems SLW in Canada, right after the United States FCC opened up the ISM bands for spread spectrum license-free use. Telxon acquired Telesystems SLW in 1992,^[1] and Aironet Wireless Communications was spun off from Telxon's RF Division in 1994. Cisco Systems acquired Aironet in 1999.

One of its pre-acquisition direct competitors was NCR and its successors (AT&T and Lucent), who sold the WaveLAN wireless networking technology.

Contents 1 Pre-acquisition Aironet products 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Pre-acquisition Aironet products

• ARLAN 900 MHz proprietary wireless networking
• ARLAN 2.4GHz proprietary wireless networking

[edit] See also

• List of Cisco Systems acquisitions

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The WayBack Machine's archive of a page with more info on Aironet's history
• 1999 news release about Cisco acquiring Aironet
• Linux drivers for Aironet ARLAN
• Cisco End-Of-Life announcement about pre-acquisition Aironet devices