Keep in mind that .11a will have much shorter range than .11b. These are not mutually exclusive technologies and should not be considered as such. In other words, it isn't one or the other. There are pros in cons with both, and for investment protection, one should consider options that the hardware, software and firmware will afford them in the future when companies have the products for the standards.
Nate -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Henry Chou Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 8:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 802.11a IMHO, 2.4GHz frequency is a relatively "congested" RF band, and the most you can only have is 3 non-overlapping channels, and that will be a limiting factor in an enterprise environment regardless b or g. My Panasonic 2.4GHz cordless phone, my home theatre wireless control, my microwave oven... all compete for the 2.4GHz range. 802.11a uses 5.4GHz RF, UNII-1 and UNII-2 offer 8 non-overlapping channels and the air is relatively "quiet" compared to the 2.4GHz band. In 2-3 years, maybe there will be many devices running in this frequency range,... who knows. So, I still believe .11a will have its advantage over b and g. Henryh Reply-To: "Chris Young" To: "'Dennis Laganiere'" Subject: RE: 802.11a Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 20:09:40 -0400 Dennis, It looks like you are doing your homework on the wireless. Make sure that you don't discount .11g. IMHO .11g will have a far greater market impact than .11a for WLAN applications. It offers backward compatability with .11b and offers the higher data rate of 11.a. Just my $.02 Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dennis Laganiere Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 6:32 PM To: Dennis Laganiere Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: 802.11a Several people sent me some excellent links. Thank you all... Here's what I ended up with... Cisco - The Aironet 1200 access point can be configured to support any of the standards, but they only have 802.11b available right now. NetGear - They have 802.11b and 802.11a access points, but nothing that will do both, which means losing all my current investment in NICs. D-Link - They have an access point that does both. I went ahead and ordered the D-link access point and a couple of NICs so I could start to play right away; and I'll "upgrade" to the Cisco unit once they have a real product offering... Thanks all, you guys are great... By the way, if there are any Cisco people on the list who would like to put me on a beta list, I'm open to it... :) --- Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Laganiere Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 3:06 PM To: 'Harish DV/peakxv'; Dennis Laganiere Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 802.11a There are several good write-ups on the technology on the CCO, so I knew that; but I was looking for an actual product to play with to determine if the 5 MGHz traffic interferes with other systems in my manufacturing group (a major concern). Cisco's Aironet 1200 access point has the capability, but it looks the antennas and NICs aren't out yet. D-Link has a fully functioning set-up I can use for my initial testing. --- Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Harish DV/peakxv [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 2:20 PM To: Dennis Laganiere Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 802.11a 802.11a works at 5GHz and can support upto 54mbps as compared to 2.4GHz/11mbps of 802.11b This link might help http://www.wlana.org/pdf/highspeed.pdf Harish Dennis Laganiere , "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" ionics.com> Sent by: cc: nobody@groupstudy. Subject: 802.11a com 06/27/2002 01:39 PM Please respond to Dennis Laganiere I've been reading about the new, faster wireless solutions. Is anybody's 802.11a technology ready-for-prime time? I'm ordering a Aironet 1200 access point to play with, and it should be capable (with the right antenna), but I understand Cisco's product is not out yet... Anybody know anything about the new "a" standard? Thanks... --- Dennis _________________________________________________________________ Commercial lab list: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/commercial.html Please discuss commercial lab solutions on this list. _________________________________________________________________ Commercial lab list: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/commercial.html Please discuss commercial lab solutions on this list. _________________________________________________________________ Commercial lab list: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/commercial.html Please discuss commercial lab solutions on this list. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com _________________________________________________________________ Commercial lab list: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/commercial.html Please discuss commercial lab solutions on this list. 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