Irwin,
As usual, your answers are the best! The BCR article mentioned a hairy
issue for service providers.
What's to stop an ingenious apartment dweller from paying for one cable or
DSL connection and then providing wireless access for the whole building?
The Apple Airport, for example, would provide DHCP and NAT, and the service
provider wouldn't even know the difference. I guess the answer is that the
service wouldn't be so great, since it's just shared 11 Mbps, but it still
seems like a great opportunity for some unscrupulous entrepreneur.
Priscilla
At 03:27 PM 10/30/00, Irwin Lazar wrote:
>Mike,
>The below article by our research director might be of use to you:
>
>"Wireless LANs come of age" -
>http://www.tbg.com/Promo/Articles/BCR_3_2000.htm
>
>Irwin
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Linehan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 4:53 PM
> > To: Dale Holmes; CiscoStudyGroup
> > Subject: Re: Wireless LANS
> >
> >
> > Dale,
> >
> > I think the premise of the argument I am to make is to create
> > a lively "debate" type of
> > atmosphere. Think about it, if I get up and do a boring (or
> > semi lively even)
> > presentation on the pros/cons of Wireless, and do a good job
> > at it, is it really going
> > to be that exciting! I would have to have the presentation
> > skills of Laura Chappell to
> > pull that off :) BUT if I make an insane argument (and the
> > more I delve into it the more
> > insane it seems) it will garner lively discussion and
> > possibly a better learning
> > atmosphere. At least this is what I hope.
> >
> > Everyone,
> >
> > Thank you for responding to this question, I will let
> > everyone know how I did, the
> > presentation is next Thursday.
> >
> > Mike Linehan
> >
> > Dale Holmes wrote:
> >
> > > How about "Anyone who makes the argument today that any
> > single technology is
> > > appropriate for everyone is stupid!"???
> > >
> > > Wireless is cool, and has many applications, but not
> > everybody needs it.
> > > There are many situations where it would be impractical or simply
> > > inappropriate.
> > >
> > > I know it is all in good fun, but I am not sure that it
> > benefits anybody to
> > > have NPA members practice justifying claims that are simply
> > ludicrous. Why
> > > not investigate the top 5 most unexpected wireless success
> > scenarios, or
> > > something like that, if you simply want to get people
> > excited about learning
> > > new technologies?
> > >
> > > Sorry for the overwhelming negativity, but it *is* Monday...
> > >
> > > Dale
> > > [=`)
> > >
> > > >From: Priscilla Oppenheimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Reply-To: Priscilla Oppenheimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Subject: RE: Wireless LANS
> > > >Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:33:33 -0800
> > > >
> > > >At 11:56 AM 10/30/00, Stanfield Hilman B (Brad) CONT NNSY wrote:
> > > >>Three words...
> > > >>
> > > >>SECURITY - SECURITY - SECURITY
> > > >
> > > >Three words:
> > > >
> > > >ENCRYPTION, ENCRYPTION, ENCRYPTION &;-)
> > > >
> > > >How many of us use encryption on wired LANs? Probably not many. But
> > > >everyone seems to use encryption on wireless LANs, at least 802.11
> > > >wireless, which is what I'm familiar with... So that seems like an
> > > >advantage, not a disadvantage.
> > > >
> > > >The disadvantages I can think of for wireless are:
> > > >
> > > >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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> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>-----Original Message-----
> > > >>From: Michael Linehan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > >>Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 10:32 AM
> > > >>To: CiscoStudyGroup
> > > >>Subject: OT: Wireless LANS
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>As a member of the local chapter of the NPA (Network Professional
> > > >>Association) I have been tasked with an interesting
> > assignment. I need
> > > >>to make the following argument:
> > > >>
> > > >>Anyone who uses a wired network today is stupid! or
> > Anyone who doesn't
> > > >>use a wireless LAN is stupid! (take your pick)
> > > >>
> > > >>This is of course all in fun. I of course want to do as
> > good a job as
> > > >>possible so my question is this.....
> > > >>
> > > >>If you had to make the argument that wireless is the only
> > way to go for
> > > >>local area networking what would you say??
> > > >>
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