LucidLink Offers Free Small Office Security Package.
It's pretty extraordinary when there's competition for giving away
security: On the small-office/home-office (SOHO) end of the market for
Wi-Fi security products, there's an increasing trend to just give away
products that can help very small number of users in the hopes that
those users then adopt the for-fee products when they grow in scale or
need. But it's a very nice development for SOHO warriors, to be sure.
LucidLink joins this trend by dropping the price of their three-user
package for secure WLAN connections from $99 down to zero. My guess is
that it was a hard sell for that user category, and that becomes a
great test tool for offices considering LucidLink. They can hook up
this three-user version as a test before buying a multi-seat license.
The three-user limit is simultaneous users. More can be registered in
the system. LucidLink is a locally hosted 802.1X server package that
uses proprietary client software for Windows 2000 and XP to make the
connection. The server software requires Windows 2000 (any edition),
XP, or Windows Server 2003. The next step up is a 10-user version of
LucidLink for $449…. [Wi-Fi Networking News]