USBLAN™
Network Connection for Smart USB Peripherals

Belcarra has combined our low-level driver expertise with our long history in the creation of Internet capable, end-user oriented systems to create a cross platform Network over USB product for OEMs creating smart USB peripherals such as PDAs, Cell phones, Security devices, Test devices and Retail equipment.

Belcarra's USBLAN™ product includes all necessary software (adaptation to OEM's hardware is separate) for a Linux-based (or WindowsCE-based) USB client product to install and use TCP/IP networking in a peer to peer manner over USB, to Windows, Linux and MAC hosts, as well as other USBLAN™ capable peripherals on the host's USB bus.

USBLAN™ includes a Windows driver complete with its own DHCP/RARP server, 802.1d bridge (allows other smart USBLAN™ clients to see each other as peers) plus setup and install software. The USBLAN™ Windows™ driver software will recognize a normal CDC client (under special licensing and circumstances, RNDIS may be supported as well) and provide a NDIS miniport if necessary, however when a smart USBLAN™ enabled peripheral is plugged onto the USB bus, it sets up the device and all others like it through a single, bridged miniport to the host's network functions while providing each of the peripherals with all necessary network information to allow them to see not only the host but also each other as if plugged into a network hub or switch.

The OEM's package includes software to provide exactly the same functions via Linux and MAC OS/X (OS9 coming soon) as well, creating a truly standard facility across all three major OS host platforms.

A USBLAN™ client peripheral that is plugged into a host which is not USBLAN™ aware will default to normal USB network functionality.

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