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Product Offerings
Our product line consists of devices that create and extend wired and wireless networks as well as devices that provide a special function and
attach to the network, such as network attached storage, home video monitoring and home automation devices. These products are available in multiple
configurations to address the needs of our customers in each geographic region in which our products are sold.
Commercial business networking. These products are sold primarily in our commercial business unit and include:
Broadband access.
Broadband access is a high speed transmission medium such as DOCSIS3, VDSL, ADSL, FTTx or LTE, used to connect to the
Internet over public high speed networks. We develop networking products that enable a connection to broadband networks and create whole home
WiFi connectivity that are sold in our service provider and retail business units and include:
Smart Home Network Connectivity.
Products that create and extend home networks and smart wired and wireless devices that attach to those
networks are sold in our service provider and retail business units and include:
We design our products to meet the specific needs of the consumer, business and service provider markets, tailoring various elements of the
software interface, the product design, including component specification, physical characteristics such as casing,
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Ethernet switches, which are multiple port devices used to network computing devices and peripherals via Ethernet wiring;
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Wireless controllers and access points, which are devices used to manage and control multiple WiFi base stations on a campus or a facility
providing WiFi connections to smart phones, tablets, laptops and other computing devices;
• Internet security appliances, which provide Internet access through capabilities such as anti-virus and anti-
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Unified storage, which delivers file and block based data into a single shared storage system, meeting the demands of small enterprises,
education, hospitality and health markets through an easy-to-use interface for managing multiple storage protocols.
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Gateways, which are routers with integrated modems, for Internet access;
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Hotspots, which are 3G and 4G LTE WiFi access points that enable people to access the internet on the go, and/or for use at home in place of
traditional wired broadband;
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IP telephony products, used for transmitting voice communications over a network; and
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Media servers, which store files and multimedia content for access by tablets, laptops, smart phones and other Internet enabled devices.
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Routers, which connect the home or office networks to the Internet via broadband modems;
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WiFi range extenders, which extend the range of the WiFi home network to eliminate dead zones;
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Media adapters, which connect TVs, audio players, and game consoles to a network or wirelessly display the contents of your smart phone,
laptop or tablet to a big screen TV;
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Powerline adapters and bridges, which enable devices to be connected to the network over existing electrical wiring;
• Multimedia over Coax Alliance standard (“MoCA”)
adapters and bridges, which enable devices to be connected to the network over existing
coaxial wiring;
• Remote video monitoring systems, which provide wire-
free monitoring accessible by smart phone, tablet or PC and MAC;
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Wireless network interface cards and adapters, which enable devices to be connected to the network wirelessly; and
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Ethernet network interface cards and adapters, which enable devices to be connected to the network over Ethernet wiring.