On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 02:58 AM, David Rhodes wrote:
Is there any good reason why the Cisco Aironet bridges cost so much more than the APs? Looking at something like the D-Link AP900+ which can operate in AP or bridge mode, and reading some other comments, it seems like they're just taking advantage of ignorant corporate customers.
You could say that about all of their other equipment as well, i.e. 'no one
ever got fired from recommending Cisco'. After working on Juniper gear, I
was enlightened.
I think comparing them to D-Link is unfair though. Didn't dlink just add
SNMP support last month? Doesn't sound very enterprise class to me..
Right, obviously that's why I'm not just going to buy a D-Link for this. :-) I guess I'm looking at something like ReliaWave, HyperLink, since my budget is about $500 USD, I don't want to build my own Soekris, but I'm willing to put together the enclosure myself. They, unlike Cisco, give you AP/bridge functions together without paying a "bridge tax".
Are there other options for an enterpriseclass radio in that range? Orinoco AP-1000 I guess, it seems to have a bridge mode, $400 at YDI.com
simon
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