At 11:37 AM +0200 04/02/2003, William Jurgenson wrote: >Do any of you have any real life experience with the operating range of >Wireless Lan, >either Bluetooth or Airport? >I have a friend with a tool company who was duped by the phone company >(Still monopolies in Europe) into a long contract for his company >phonesystem/connection which, needless to say, is analoge. The contract >runs out end of next year, and the german Telekom is unwilling to >exchange the system or terminate the contract, at least not for any >reasonble fee. >He has ISDN in his nearby house, and could easily have DSL, so the >question arises if such a wireless connection would be feasable to put >a real computer network in his shop. As it is, he can connect only with >an analoge modem which is hopeless these days.
Figure that WAPs work at around 2/3 the range given in their specs. And we (jokingly, sortof) call 802.11b a one-wall technology. 802.11a is better, but not by much. IOW, if the company has a lot of steel or wiring in their building's walls, the access point at the nearby home might not reach into, or very far into, the building. Take a look at business-grade products from companies like Cisco. Probably better to use a point-to-point hop from the home to the building, then put a small LAN (and WAP) inside. HTH, - Dan. -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; end list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
