MOXA Receives the New Product Award from Industrial Engineering News

Release Date : 5-11-2006

Taipei, Taiwan, May 8, 2006-At the Hanover Messe show that took place from April 24th to 28th 2006, MOXA's NPort W2004 series of wireless device servers received the New Product Award, Editor's Choice, from Industrial Engineering News (IEN), which is one of the best selling pan-European product news publishers.

The IEN New Product Award is issued every year based on the level of interest shown by potential customers for the product, and its selection by the chief editor. To receive this prize, the selected product must sport an innovative design, and must be popular in the market. Receiving this award demonstrates MOXA's long-term commitment to product quality, and firmly establishes the fact that innovation is the key to MOXA's success.

NPort W2004 series is the world's first 802.11g based serial server, and provides networking professionals with total industrial solutions that can be used to connect up to 4 serial devices to a wireless LAN. With NPort W2004, customers can leverage their existing investment in both devices and software by moving their serial devices to a new Wi-Fi infrastructure. NPort W2004 connects to a PC using the built-in Ethernet or WLAN port, and all its settings are configurable using a web browser. The built-in Quick Configuration Wizard facilitates quick configuration of the NPort Wireless Serial Device Servers in 4 easy steps using a Web console. Customers can seamlessly integrate devices and software over the new Wireless LAN infrastructure using standard Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). All of MOXA's new NPort Wireless Serial Device Servers support 128-bit encryption. In addition, NPort W2004 provides enhanced configuration via HTTPS, and SSH for stronger protection and privacy.