I was asking about a single radio AP (could be dual-band, operating at 2.4 or 5 GHz), not a dual-radio AP.
I think your approach extracts the best performance, but perhaps there are many more who want a separate overlay operating at 5 GHz, eventually migrating away and turning down the 2.4 GHz gear. Frank -----Original Message----- From: Philippe Hanset [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 3:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11n > My question to you: how many of you will go with a single-radio > 802.11n-capable AP? That appears to make a $200+ difference, per AP. Do you mean just one radio for the AP total, or just one n capable for the AP and a non n capable as well? one radio to serve b/g clients (not n capable) another to serve n clients at 5 Ghz all of it running under 802.3af seems pretty agreable to me! I will not deploy this solution extensively, but definitely serve departments that want the latest and greatest! What gets interesting in this case is the coverage/survey! do you survey for b/g a prey that n will cover at least that much! (that's our plan...) Two vendors that have visited with us are already offering similar solutions! On the user side, I noticed that Apple provides n on every laptop, but not too many vendors have this broad approach! Will our user have to get 802.11n USB adapter...? Philippe Hanset Univ of TN. > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonn Martell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 10:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11n > > It's interesting, Cisco, which still dominates the WLAN market has > come out with the 1250 which I would seriously consider as the > recommended option to the 1131. > > Haven't seen EDU pricing for it and with competition from Aruba and > Meru hot on their tails, I'm hoping it's aggressive. > > The jury is still out on the RF cloud method of the Merus of the world > but with all the channels available at 5GHz, it makes most sense (in > my opinion) to use all the channels and have a controller > automatically manage them. > > They had a good webinar which should be available sometime today at > http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/sreg2/register/banner.pl?LANGUAGE=E&METHOD=O&T > OPIC_CODE=6463&PRIORITY_CODE=156007_13 > > ... Jonn Martell, CWNE #47 > > On 1/11/08, Lee H Badman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Wondering who is taking the early plunge on 802.11n, who's system you are > > going with (beyond small pilots), and if you are requiring commitment from > > the manufacturer that if the standard does change in ways that make > > pre-standard hardware incompatible, free replacements would be provided? > > > > > > > > On list or off is OK- just trying to gather data for our own 11n research. > > > > > > > > Kind regards- > > > > > > > > Lee H. Badman > > > > Wireless/Network Engineer > > > > Information Technology and Services > > > > Syracuse University > > > > 315 443-3003 > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
