Extricom's XS-8 Wireless Switch is targeting branch offices, remote offices of larger enterprises and SMBs. The switch is a central component of Extricom's patented Interference-Free architecture. This unique architecture completely avoids co-channel interference, overcoming one of the principal limitations of traditional wireless LAN (WLAN) systems. The need for cell planning and RF site surveys and maintenance, is thus eliminated, and the result is a WLAN infrastructure that delivers optimal capacity and complete coverage, with zero-latency roaming, making the WLAN perfectly suited for triple play applications such as data, voice and video.

Extricom's Wireless Switch connects the wired LAN to and via Ethernet to the dual radios UltraThin Access Points (APs), densely distributed throughout the enterprise. As a result, the Extricom WLAN is completely client-agnostic and supports any standard, off-the-shelf WLAN NICs. APs are powered by standard-compliant IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE), therefore, no modification to the enterprise cabling is required.

The Wireless Switch is the only device in the Extricom WLAN that contains software; thus configuring the entire system deployment is as simple as configuring a single traditional AP .