Re: IETF58 - Network Status

[Tim Chown]

Deploy both and we can suck it and see...

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 02:15:39PM -0800, Jim Martin wrote:
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> On Nov 13, 2003, at 12:46 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
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> >>Note that getting 802.11a works even better.
> >
> >until everybody does, and 'everbody' is twice
> >as many people as now
> >
> >
>       Actually, no. 802.11a is inherently better for this sort of 
> environment than 802.11b or 802.11g. Instead of having 3 
> non-overlapping channels, it has 8. Also, being at 5G it doesn't 
> propagate as far as the 2.4G, which for us would be a real win since it 
> would reduce interference even further. Oh, and you get 54M to share 
> rather than 11M to boot :-)
> 
>       I strongly encourage people to consider bringing 802.11a cards to 
> future meetings!  (Note: Of course, now that I've said that, the future 
> hosts will decide against deploying it)
> 
>       - Jim
>       IETF 58 NOC
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