Has anyone had any experience with wireless LANs and Asterisk? We have and here are my impressions.
We configured an Asterisk in the office as a precaution to see how it would work for our own retail customers. Our office is open space, about 800 sq ft. (20x40 area). We use Snom200 and Grandstream SIP phones. Using the latest Linksys wireless access point (WAP54g) and 3 wireless bridges (WET54g), I have found that it works most of the time with WPA encryption on, but will occasionally drop voice (loosing packets). With no encryption on the WLAN it seems to work without a hitch! Using a less CPU intense encryption such as 64bit WEP, things also work fine. There must be too much delay with higher rate encryption. Also we had one bridge that seemed to be a week puppy in the litter. It could only muster 60-70% signal strength. It seemed to have problems under all configurations. Finally we positioned it such that it too works well running WEP 64b. I wonder if having 3 wireless bridges in close proximity would have anything to do with the signal strength? I would doubt it though. Anyone else with other experiences to share regarding wireless LANs and encryption? I'd me interested to hear them. Thanks, Mike Meyer GenDesign Corporation _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users