James,
As [EMAIL PROTECTED] pointed out about a week ago, transmit power is half of the picture. Receive sensitivity is the other part. High transmit power does not help if the received signal is too weak to hear.
Perhaps a better way of putting is that the receiver is too deaf to hear. Minimum discernable/usable signal is a part of the total link path loss calculation. This is why good info on receiver sensitivity is just as important as transmit power. The only problem is, transmit power is more easily measured.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] favors Cisco radios for their superb receive sensitivity. I recall that his comments were directed at Cisco 802.11b cards but may apply to .g also.
I just discovered that the Cisco Aironet cards will not function in an AP. This makes them unusable in some applications. They are great in ad-hoc PtP links but won't work if you are trying to build a supercell.
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