Manufacturers can now simplify installation, eliminate cabling, and make machine tools mobile with wireless networking. Macdac Engineering, Ellington, Conn is teaming up with Enterasys Networks, Comtrol Corp., and Internet Business connected views (IBS) to deliver wireless LAN communications to the manufacturing market. The body works using three components. User serial-enabled devices are joined via RS-232 cable to a Comtrol RocketPort serial-to-ethernet adapter, which, in employ is mated via RJ-4S cable to an Enterasys Roam About wireless ethernet adapter. This adapter
