Posted by Mike King.
Other on team #88, TJē, from Bridgewater Raynham and Johnson & Johnson Professional.
Posted on 4/21/2000 11:22 PM MST
In Reply to: is wireless LAN possible? posted by Ken Patton on 4/16/2000 2:43 PM MST:
I've dealt a little with wireless LANS. They are a great solution for what they are desinged for.
On the downside, I remember hearing the number 250 as the max number of clients on the same wireless network. (more or less depending on the utilization of the network)
Also, you looking at a very expensive solution.
Each AccessPoint cover an (ideal) 500' (at 1000 dollars each)
Each PCMCIA card is about 150-200 dollars each.
(I'm working off of Cabletron Roamabout Specs, considered the leading wireless tech as of last month)
What ever they go with should be 802.11 complient (the 11meg/sec standard). (It's an industry standard, as opposed to the 'Open-Air' standard)
But by next year, all the trade papers are predicting the new 25 meg/sec wireless spec, so it's really a moot point to discuss how expensive it is, when it may not even be sold next year.
So I guess this post was sorta useless.
It's 1am, I'm going to bed.