To clarify further, at this point in time what you have is really a return
to the old 10baseT hub, if you will, with all the bad things that may
entail. On the other hand, it might be argued that those most likely to want
this mobility are management types who want nothing more than to read their
e-mail during boring meetings ;->
This discussion can go in a number of directions from here. But in general,
high bandwidth users are probably not real good candidates for this kind of
mobility anyway. Most places I know of have their conference rooms wired for
high speed LAN connections to accommodate those who need high speed
connectivity during meetings and presentations.
Also, I have this theory that for a good percentage of mobile users,
wireless connectivity to e-mal and customer name and address databases is
really al that is necessary. Palm or some similar wireless device would be
more than enough for these folks, assuming the back ends are in place.
Chuck
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Irwin Lazar
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Something to note, the 11MB is shared by all users of the base station, they
don't each get 11MB.
Irwin
> Slow? How many end-users (not servers or datacenters)
> really need more
> than 10 megabit of bandwidth? Unless you are an engineer or architect
> pushing around 100 meg Autocad files or an IT department
> deploying software
> packages and updates, the average desktop user, who is opening Word
> Documents, surfing the Internet, and viewing email do not really need
> anything more than 10 megabit for day-to-day needs.
> Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't deploy anything under a
> 100 mbit today, with
> the exception of wireless, but do the _majority_ of end-users
> really need
> the bandwidth that they have available to them?
>
> Perry J. Lucas
>
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> Priscilla Oppenheimer
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 3:34 PM
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> Subject: RE: Wireless LANS
>
> 1. It's pretty slow (< 11 Mbps shared bandwidth)
> 2. Mobile wireless is fraught with issues. How do you get a
> new IP address
> when you move from subnet to subnet? (Of course, that's not too
> straightforward on wired either, come to think of it.)
>
> Priscilla
>
>
>
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