I would not recommend wireless in your environment. While wireless is a
nice gee wiz thing, it should be used to compliment the functionality of
your network but not be your network.
First, the current limitation is 11 megabit SHARED bandwidth. So you will
get better performance by having Cat5e or Cat6 home runned to a switch.
Without knowing what your business is, it sounds like you could get away
with a stack of 2 to 3 3548 switches. BUT you could potentially also get a
Catalyst 4000 series switch. However, if you have QOS, VoIP, IP/TV or other
high end needs, a cat 6000 or 6500 series chasis maybe appropriate.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Denis A. Baldwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 10:44 AM
Subject: Wireless Networking
> I am going to have to rewire our whole network for centralization in the
> next couple of months and am looking at possibly making some or all of it
> wireless. We have an all NT network. We currently have approximately 60
> nodes. We will probably be up to 80-100 nodes within 2 years. We were
> looking at using Cisco gear to replace our aging Kingston network. The
> whole LAN is less than 200 feet in length from end to end and will be
> meeting in the middle at around the 100 foot mark. Here are the questions:
>
> Would wireless technology be a possibility?
>
> Would it be cheaper in the long run to just rerun homeruns to a
centralized
> switch and stay wired?
>
> What technology would we need to make this work?
>
> If we have to stay wired, what switch would you recommend?
>
> Does wireless really only go up to 11MB?
>
> Thanks for all your help.
>
> Denis
>
>
> Denis A. Baldwin
> Network Administrator - CAE, Inc.
> A+, MCP, i-Net+, Network+
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 810-231-9373, ext. 229
>
>
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