>>�Cisco, 3Com, linksys, and others are about to lose a lot of >>�marketshare in wireless because their approach to wireless is >>�not really "mobile." They designed their access points to happily >>�talk with a person sitting with a laptop, but do NOT handle >>�a person walking around with a PDA, roaming from access >>�point to access point. >� >This would require some pretty serious work on the client end as well, and I >haven't seen any evidence that the Linux wireless drivers could handle it. > >You're essentially talking about a cellular network, and you'd need some of >the same protocols.
Correct. There are two improvements than can be made: one is improving the inter-access-point communication, and the other is to improve the access-point-pda communication. Either will be a good improvement over the current protocols. So both, which is what Symbol is doing, are a GREAT improvement. Yes, it is basically the same as the cell network; I understand Sprint is still struggling with the fact that their early cell towers don't talk to each other as nicely as newer cell technology. -Jared
