Aeronet Comparisons

2000-11-22 Thread Charles Nunie
Hello Everyone, We are gearing up to launch the Aeronet in our local market. Can anyone tell em how well the Aeronet compare with other Wireless LAN equipment on the market. Dzilo Get free email and a permanent address at htt

Re: Aeronet Comparisons

2000-11-24 Thread Jason Roysdon
Win98SE driver installs much more cleanly for the Aeronet than the 3Com stuff. I was evaluating both for a bit and was constantly having problems with the 3Com side. Both worked fine in Windows 2000 Pro. Both Access Points (APs) work great, and work fine with either card. I think the Cisco int

Re: Aeronet Comparisons

2000-11-25 Thread Paul Schultz
Cisco Aironet stuff works quite well, but you have to be very careful with it. Aironet uses direct sequence spread spectrum technology which doesn't scale well at all.. There's 11 possible channels to use, but only 3 of them are non-overlapping.. so basically in one given rooftop or so you're l

Re: Aeronet Comparisons

2000-11-25 Thread Kevin Wigle
I'm thinking about buying a Linksys AP to have at home when I have to give the Cisco AP back. Only $252 at buy.com, compared to Cisco's $700+ cost (I know, I lose encryption, but this is at my house and I could care less, plus I use SSH for everything except generic web access anyway). -- Jaso

Re: Aeronet Comparisons

2000-11-25 Thread Jason Roysdon
Oh, you're correct, I really hadn't looked into much detail on the Linksys just yet. However, it does only support 40bit encyption (vs. 128bit on the Cisco), but some is better than none. -- Jason Roysdon, CCNA, MCSE, CNA, Network+, A+ List email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://jason.artoo.n

Re: Aeronet Comparisons

2000-11-25 Thread Kevin Wigle
Oh, you're correct, I really hadn't looked into much detail on the Linksys just yet. However, it does only support 40bit encryption (vs. 128bit on the Cisco), but some is better than none. ok, cool. I wouldn't want to use it if it had no encryption. Might only be at home but no need to bro

Re: Aeronet Comparisons

2000-11-27 Thread Michael Snyder
Check out the Lucent RG1000. It's a mini-AP with a mini-price. Comes with a 56K modem that dials out and does NAT. Comes with 40bit encryption if you use the Lucent Silver PCMCIA card. Cheaper than cisco PC card anyway. I take the RG1000 with me onsite, it's fits in my laptop carrying case. P