11n, versus White Spaces

2008-12-08 Thread Lee H Badman
Free your minds, as this question may seem a bit off the wall, and quite philosophical (it's OK, this is Higher Ed after all): With the new hype on White Spaces- now that the FCC has approved use- does anyone get the sense that perhaps it's worth waiting on upgrading current 11a/g environments

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] 11n, versus White Spaces

2008-12-08 Thread Lee H Badman
Thanks for the reply, Jim. At the same time, if you have big numbers of APs to put out or do lifecycle upgrades on in the next year, continued investment in a/g gear can be risky as at some point this amounts to installing obsolescence. More than the higher speeds (which are easy to market but

To 802.11n or not to 802.11n?

2008-12-08 Thread Toivo Voll
One benefit of N is improved radio performance thanks to more antennas and MIMO, even with legacy clients. Especially in difficult buildings, with a lot of cast concrete utility chases and such this can be pretty helpful, based on our testing. That being said, in Cisco-land we can buy about three