Recommended Access Points

We have a local LAN in our company where is about 12,000sq ft in a rectangle
shape. Recently, about half of 30 desktop pcs have been changed to notebook
pcs that are equipped with wireless LAN. Thus, we need to extend our wired
network to wireless network.

Can we buy a couple of APs (I assume they are for home use) on the market or
need to buy some special APs for office use. Are there any differences? Do
you have any idea how many APs for our office use? I appreciate your shared
experience in this type.

Thanks,

Ray

I have deployed several Cisco Aironet 1200 APs. These support WPA,
etc.....have power over Ethernet injectors and were about $700.00 each. The
range is pretty impressive and you can purchase antenna's that will extend
the range if you need to....

Hank

"Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> We have a local LAN in our company where is about 12,000sq ft in a
rectangle
> shape. Recently, about half of 30 desktop pcs have been changed to
notebook
> pcs that are equipped with wireless LAN. Thus, we need to extend our
wired
> network to wireless network.
>
> Can we buy a couple of APs (I assume they are for home use) on the market
or
> need to buy some special APs for office use. Are there any differences?
Do
> you have any idea how many APs for our office use? I appreciate your
shared
> experience in this type.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray
>
>

Herry,

Thanks for your recommendation. Cisco costs USD$700 while Netgear costs
USD$70. Both supports 128-bit wep encryption. Do you have any idea the
differences in between to justify the 10 times price differences.

Thanks,

Ray

"Henry Cherry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have deployed several Cisco Aironet 1200 APs. These support WPA,
> etc.....have power over Ethernet injectors and were about $700.00 each.
The
> range is pretty impressive and you can purchase antenna's that will extend
> the range if you need to....
>
> Hank
>
> "Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > We have a local LAN in our company where is about 12,000sq ft in a
> rectangle
> > shape. Recently, about half of 30 desktop pcs have been changed to
> notebook
> > pcs that are equipped with wireless LAN. Thus, we need to extend our
> wired
> > network to wireless network.
> >
> > Can we buy a couple of APs (I assume they are for home use) on the
market
> or
> > need to buy some special APs for office use. Are there any differences?
> Do
> > you have any idea how many APs for our office use? I appreciate your
> shared
> > experience in this type.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ray
> >
> >
>
>

It's easy. Cisco is an enterprise class Wifi. Netgear is not. You have a
decent size office with 30 computers. I don't think you are running a
couple of netgear routers in place and a gateway or dell desktop running as
a server?

Enterprise class equipment offer reliability and manageability. The Cisco
offer's upgradeability through a cardbus, firmware, antenna upgrades, and
management through SNMP, Telnet, and via a webbrowser. Netgear's $70 wi-fi
is WYSIWYG. If you need an omnidirectional antenna with netgear, well,
ummm. Hopefully someone will make one, Cisco, call them up. If your
company is growing, you want equipment that will grow with it. It is
possible to manage the traffic on the Cisco routers. Suppose the President
of the company brings his laptop in and connects to the wi-fi network. He's
trying to sell a client in on a product with a big presentation that's on
the server. He then looses his wi-fi connection and can't connect back in.
He runs to you and ask what happen. If you were running a netgear router,
you can just tell him, "I don't know, since the little lights are blinking
on & off the router, you should be connected. I don't know why you are
not". Good answer, right? Well, with a Cisco router, you can discover if
there is an signal loss or packet loss. Then come up with a solution so
that it NEVER happens again, especially to him. Makes you look DAMN GOOD!


For a business, every minute of downtown is money lost.

"Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Herry,
>
> Thanks for your recommendation. Cisco costs USD$700 while Netgear costs
> USD$70. Both supports 128-bit wep encryption. Do you have any idea the
> differences in between to justify the 10 times price differences.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray
>
> "Henry Cherry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have deployed several Cisco Aironet 1200 APs. These support WPA,
> > etc.....have power over Ethernet injectors and were about $700.00 each.
> The
> > range is pretty impressive and you can purchase antenna's that will
extend
> > the range if you need to....
> >
> > Hank
> >
> > "Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > We have a local LAN in our company where is about 12,000sq ft in a
> > rectangle
> > > shape. Recently, about half of 30 desktop pcs have been changed to
> > notebook
> > > pcs that are equipped with wireless LAN. Thus, we need to extend our
> > wired
> > > network to wireless network.
> > >
> > > Can we buy a couple of APs (I assume they are for home use) on the
> market
> > or
> > > need to buy some special APs for office use. Are there any
differences?
> > Do
> > > you have any idea how many APs for our office use? I appreciate your
> > shared
> > > experience in this type.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Ray
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Hi.

....And the Cisco is 100mW radio as oppose to Entry Level Wireless with the
sub 50mW.

...And many Pros feel that the Cisco is overpriced and use Proxim
Professional line.

Stability and durability is very important in the business envioroment. You
can install Entry Level devices and save few hundreds $$$ and then you would
spend thousands of $$$ to pay employees and consultants in order to keep it
alive.

However if you have a small installation and know how to "fiddle" with it
yourself you can happily use (like I do) Entry Level Wireless gear for
professional work.



Jack (MVP-Networking).

www.ezlan.net




"Ed" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> It's easy. Cisco is an enterprise class Wifi. Netgear is not. You have
a
> decent size office with 30 computers. I don't think you are running a
> couple of netgear routers in place and a gateway or dell desktop running
as
> a server?
>
> Enterprise class equipment offer reliability and manageability. The Cisco
> offer's upgradeability through a cardbus, firmware, antenna upgrades, and
> management through SNMP, Telnet, and via a webbrowser. Netgear's $70
wi-fi
> is WYSIWYG. If you need an omnidirectional antenna with netgear, well,
> ummm. Hopefully someone will make one, Cisco, call them up. If your
> company is growing, you want equipment that will grow with it. It is
> possible to manage the traffic on the Cisco routers. Suppose the
President
> of the company brings his laptop in and connects to the wi-fi network.
He's
> trying to sell a client in on a product with a big presentation that's on
> the server. He then looses his wi-fi connection and can't connect back
in.
> He runs to you and ask what happen. If you were running a netgear router,
> you can just tell him, "I don't know, since the little lights are blinking
> on & off the router, you should be connected. I don't know why you are
> not". Good answer, right? Well, with a Cisco router, you can discover if
> there is an signal loss or packet loss. Then come up with a solution so
> that it NEVER happens again, especially to him. Makes you look DAMN GOOD!
>
>
> For a business, every minute of downtown is money lost.
>
> "Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Herry,
> >
> > Thanks for your recommendation. Cisco costs USD$700 while Netgear costs
> > USD$70. Both supports 128-bit wep encryption. Do you have any idea the
> > differences in between to justify the 10 times price differences.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ray
> >
> > "Henry Cherry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I have deployed several Cisco Aironet 1200 APs. These support WPA,
> > > etc.....have power over Ethernet injectors and were about $700.00
each.
> > The
> > > range is pretty impressive and you can purchase antenna's that will
> extend
> > > the range if you need to....
> > >
> > > Hank
> > >
> > > "Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > We have a local LAN in our company where is about 12,000sq ft in a
> > > rectangle
> > > > shape. Recently, about half of 30 desktop pcs have been changed to
> > > notebook
> > > > pcs that are equipped with wireless LAN. Thus, we need to extend
our
> > > wired
> > > > network to wireless network.
> > > >
> > > > Can we buy a couple of APs (I assume they are for home use) on the
> > market
> > > or
> > > > need to buy some special APs for office use. Are there any
> differences?
> > > Do
> > > > you have any idea how many APs for our office use? I appreciate
your
> > > shared
> > > > experience in this type.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Ray
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Be acrefull with the "more powerfull" Cisco's....that is
only the link from the AP to the PC.....Still your PC
Wifi card must be able to match this, if not there will
be no uplink connection....
In other words, the link must be more or less balanced to
work.....
>-----Original Message-----
>I have deployed several Cisco Aironet 1200 APs. These
support WPA,
>etc.....have power over Ethernet injectors and were
about $700.00 each. The
>range is pretty impressive and you can purchase
antenna's that will extend
>the range if you need to....
>
>Hank
>
>"Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> We have a local LAN in our company where is about
12,000sq ft in a
>rectangle
>> shape. Recently, about half of 30 desktop pcs have
been changed to
>notebook
>> pcs that are equipped with wireless LAN. Thus, we
need to extend our
>wired
>> network to wireless network.
>>
>> Can we buy a couple of APs (I assume they are for home
use) on the market
>or
>> need to buy some special APs for office use. Are
there any differences?
>Do
>> you have any idea how many APs for our office use? I
appreciate your
>shared
>> experience in this type.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ray
>>
>>
>
>
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