RE: 802.11a

From: Dennis Laganiere (dennisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Jun 27 2002 - 19:31:59 GMT-3


   
Several people sent me some excellent links. Thank you all...

Here's what I ended up with...

Cisco - The Aironet 1200 access point can be configured to support any of
the standards, but they only have 802.11b available right now.
NetGear - They have 802.11b and 802.11a access points, but nothing that will
do both, which means losing all my current investment in NICs.
D-Link - They have an access point that does both.

I went ahead and ordered the D-link access point and a couple of NICs so I
could start to play right away; and I'll "upgrade" to the Cisco unit once
they have a real product offering...

Thanks all, you guys are great...

By the way, if there are any Cisco people on the list who would like to put
me on a beta list, I'm open to it... :)

--- Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Laganiere
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 3:06 PM
To: 'Harish DV/peakxv'; Dennis Laganiere
Cc: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'; 'cisco@groupstudy.com'; nobody@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: 802.11a

There are several good write-ups on the technology on the CCO, so I knew
that; but I was looking for an actual product to play with to determine if
the 5 MGHz traffic interferes with other systems in my manufacturing group
(a major concern). Cisco's Aironet 1200 access point has the capability,
but it looks the antennas and NICs aren't out yet. D-Link has a fully
functioning set-up I can use for my initial testing.

--- Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Harish DV/peakxv [mailto:harish.dv@peakxv.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 2:20 PM
To: Dennis Laganiere
Cc: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'; 'cisco@groupstudy.com'; nobody@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: 802.11a

802.11a works at 5GHz and can support upto 54mbps as compared to
2.4GHz/11mbps of 802.11b

This link might help

http://www.wlana.org/pdf/highspeed.pdf

Harish

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                      Dennis Laganiere

I've been reading about the new, faster wireless solutions. Is anybody's
802.11a technology ready-for-prime time? I'm ordering a Aironet 1200
access
point to play with, and it should be capable (with the right antenna), but
I
understand Cisco's product is not out yet... Anybody know anything about
the new "a" standard?

Thanks...

--- Dennis



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