From: Michael Snyder (msnyder@revolutioncomputer.com)
Date: Wed Feb 04 2004 - 13:25:57 GMT-3
It's definitely a layer eight problem
How about just checking the pricing. Using cisco gear to do this would
be expensive. The area size could be done by one ap, but for a 100
people you need about eight ap's with the turned down to the lowest
setting.
100 pci cards and 8 ap's is more expensive than one wiring closet.
Or they could keep the switches and nic's they already have.
Are you sure this isn't a future episode of dilbert ?
-----Original Message-----
From: Wright, Jeremy [mailto:wright@admworld.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:10 AM
To: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
Cc: 'security@groupstudy.com'
Subject: OT: Wireless Question
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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