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| '''Xirrus, Inc''' is a ] technology company based in ], ], USA, that designs and sells ] equipment based on the ] standards ], ], and ]. The company has been independently selling these products since 2005. In 2006 it began an OEM agreement with ] which distributes them under the Digivance WFX brand.<ref></ref> | |||
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| Xirrus provided the wireless network coverage for the ] trade conferences<ref> Snoopy vs The Red Barron.</ref> at ] in 2006<ref> describes Interop 2006 experience with Xirrus.</ref> and at ] in May 2007, despite being a relative newcomer.<ref>{{cite news | title = Some of the gems at Interop | author = John Dix | date = ] ] | publisher = Network World | page = 28}}</ref> For Interop 2007, Xirrus installed 12 wireless arrays which could support up to 4,000 concurrent users, although the network was not secure and a vendor demonstrated that all client traffic could be redirected to a single ] computer.<ref>{{cite news | title = Postmortem: Interop wireless | author = Frank Bulk | date = ] ] | publisher = Network Computing | page = 30}}</ref> It should be made clear that Interop did not request a secure network and Xirrus was just doing as told. The actual quotation is as follows, "As for security, because client isolation was turned off, one IDS/IPS vendor demonstrated that it was able to redirect all the clients' flows through its laptop. Maybe next time Interop will serve up a cocktail of 802.1X support mixed with warnings to encrypt all IP traffic." | |||
| == History == | |||
| Xirrus was founded in 2004 by Dirk Gates, Patrick Parker, and Steve DeGennaro. Gates founded ] in 1988 and sold the company to ] for US $748 million in March 2001<ref> on Intel winding down Xircom acquisition in 2003</ref>. In 2003, Gates established Xirrus together with Patrick Parker, then ex-Chief Executive Officer<ref> from Xirrus.</ref> of ] and Steve DeGennaro, then ex-Vice President of Finance<ref>, announcing new CFO.</ref> of ]. | |||
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