How good are wireless switches

Hi

I don't know any better place to ask this question. If there is please let
me know.

I am contemplating installing a wireless switch for a client who have two
business units around 30-35 meters apart. My question is; are wireless
switches reliable enough to be considered for this sort of distance? Any
particular model which is known to work well despite things like water
pipes, microwave ovens, wall insulations etc. etc.?

Thanks

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In article <3fb41b67$0$22607$(E-Mail Removed)>,
John <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
:I am contemplating installing a wireless switch for a client who have two
:business units around 30-35 meters apart. My question is; are wireless
:switches reliable enough to be considered for this sort of distance? Any
articular model which is known to work well despite things like water
ipes, microwave ovens, wall insulations etc. etc.?

In my not-so-extensive experience, if you are using SOHO equipment,
then 30-35 metres is straining it when you are going through walls, pipes,
etc.. You do, though, have the advantage that your endpoints will be
fixed in place rather than moving around, so you should get equipment
that you can change the antenna on, and put on directional antennae
and adjust them for the strongest signal you can get. If you can get them
lined up, I suspect you would be okay.


Reliability... Let me turn the question around a bit.

Suppose you do have a problem in configuring the system, or you do have
a fault of some kind. At that point you are going to want tech
support. The quality of the tech support you are going to need is
going to depend upon the business reliance upon the link: if you are
losing thousands of dollars per minute that the connection is down, you
are going to want to reach quality tech support ASAP rather than
playing email tag or staying on hold for 2 hours who will tell you that
"You need to reinstall Windows" (even though you made it clear that these
are stand-alone devices connecting Linux boxes...)

So... the more reliant the business would be upon this link, the more
important it is that you spend some time investigating the support
credentials of the companies whose products you are considering. And read
the epinion.com reviews -- you'll find them highly interesting when
it comes to support stories.
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I was very young in those days, but I was also rather dim.
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