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[ron thigpen <ron AT fuzzsonic.com>]

Craig Duncan wrote:

> Thats the upgrade model to the one we use. The SRX is their proprieary
> speed booster which works with their  SRX cards. However, any 802.11g
> compliant card will work with them at upt o 54mbs.

Most of these device manufacturers have added such features based on 
proprietary extensions.  Gives them a marketing differentiator that they 
can blurb on the box, and helps them gain customer lock-in.  My D-Link 
has something similar.  Some may acutally interoperate, as they can be 
based on the same popular chipsets.  In any case, it probably does give 
a(nother) good reason to use the same brand of parts around your network.

--rt