From: Wright, Jeremy (wright@admworld.com)
Date: Wed Feb 04 2004 - 12:09:53 GMT-3
One of our "upper management" people has suggested they would like to wipe out the multiple 100mb switches servicing 100 users and put in 802.11a for every user (about a 200'x200' area). Please keep in mind that this is not for mobility purposes but for a production environment..meaning, ftp,intranet,internet,extranet,email,vax,ibm,streaming quotes. They would like to do this because they do not want to spend the money on a new wire closet. Does anyone have any docs/links showing how wireless is really designed for mobility purposes and that bandwidth would be a huge problem in my situation. My calculations (please tell me if I'm wrong) is with 54mb with 802.1x/wifi on, 1 user will pull about 27mb half duplex (consider the ap to be sitting right next to you). Any ideas/comments would be appreciated. I obviously have said no to the idea but of course they want hard documentation to back it up. Thanks.
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Jeremy Wright
CCIE# 11168
Network Engineer
Archer Daniels Midland
wright@admworld.com
(217)451-4063
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