Connect802 Corporation, founded in 1994, is a privately held wireless network design, equipment sales, and consulting firm providing in-building and metro area wireless solutions. The company's products and services are an extension of its flagship patent-pending predictive wireless LAN design methods found in the Connect EZ Solution Suites and Suite Spot Predictive Site Survey. The Connect802 organization includes channel partners and affiliates with installation services available from over 200 locations across the United States.

The Significance of the Company Name

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) formed a committee to develop standards for the implementation of computer networks in February, 1980. This is the IEEE 802 committee. Connect802 provides products and services for wired and wireless Ethernet computer networking and the "802" in the company name refers to the IEEE standards to which our equipment adheres. The 802.11 working groups set standards for Wi-Fi wireless networking and Connect802 focuses on the 802.11 wireless Ethernet LAN market.

Connect802 Corporation was originally founded in 1994 as Optimized Engineering Corporation. The name was changed in 2003 to reflect a new focus on IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi wireless networking. At the end of 2003, the corporation completed an exclusive 3-year contract with WildPackets, Inc. (the manufacturers of the EtherPeek and AiroPeek line of network protocol analysis and monitoring tools) and now continues independently. Since 1994, the company's clients have included mid-sized and major corporations, government agencies, and educational institutions, providing networking design, analysis, and support services coupled with consulting and product sales. Our sales and marketing philosophy is centered around the needs of small- to medium-size business but our expertise is applied to the larger enterprise and public sector organization as well. There is no substitute for experience and the team at Connect802 stands ready to partner with your organization to provide secure, turnkey Wi-Fi network solutions.

Markets Served By Connect802

The products and services developed by Connect802 are targeted at one of the single most high-growth markets projected over the next four years - the middle market, but the general wireless LAN marketplace can benefit from our unique solutions as well.  A Gartner Dataquest forecast projects the current 50% penetration rate for wireless LAN's to grow beyond 90% by 2007. In the present marketplace there are five general categories of 802.11 implementations:

Connect802 provides solutions for each of these wireless Ethernet networking implementation categories through our Connect EZ Solution Suites and Suite Spot Predictive Site Survey virtual site survey service, and through our On-Line store. Our unique Connection Coach Services make the installation and configuration of our wireless LAN products easy. For those customers who need on-site installation or wireless networking validation and certification services for anything from a single 802.11 antenna to an entire office building, Connect802 provides complete consulting, support, and educational services. We can schedule an appointment with an affiliate installation company across the United States and send a service technician to your site.

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