TSGL: Bridging wireless access points

[Michael Sweeden]

Thanks for the input Ray. Have you used these devices before? Id so, what
kind of range have you gotten from them in situations like mine, with a
large area and a lot of walls?
Thanks,
Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Raymond S. Bowen
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 10:24 AM
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Subject: Re: TSGL: Bridging wireless access points

Michael - 

 Your need for a whole lot of access points can be reduced by using the
right equipment. See 

http://www.proxim.com/products/wifi/ap/ap2000/

for one of the better points that is on the market. It can easily handle
seventy-five users, and they have gigabit ethernet onboard so you can bring
it back to a gigabit port and all is well. And you jack the power up to one
hundred percent and the signal will penetrate anything.

They are pricey, but they are rock solid access points.


-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Michael Sweeden
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 7:59 AM
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Subject: Re: TSGL: Bridging wireless access points

Actually I do mean 24 routers. It's a pretty big area, there is about 150
feet between the 2 buildings, which "end-to-end" with each other, they are
old and thick concrete rectangles, and since it's a hotel, I'll have no
control over what wireless adapters the guests will be using. I've gotten
excellent range out of the Belkin Pre-N products in the past, but I've been
in control of the adapters the PCs used in those situations, and it's my
understanding the Pre-N stuff or MIMO stuff would be any better than
standard G hardware without matching adapters at the PC end.

They have one wireless router in the lobby where the Internet connection
comes in, but I've gone into rooms and can only get a few rooms down without
losing the signal. I can go a couple of hundred feet on the sidewalk outside
where there aren't all the walls and furniture barriers, but I doubt the
hotel guests will want to sit outside their room to use the Internet. And
the connection is in the worst possible place - at the far end of one of the
buildings.

Thanks,
Michael

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From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of The Computer Whisperer
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 4:06 AM
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Subject: Re: TSGL: Bridging wireless access points

you do not need 24 routers, i wonder if he means 2.4ghz?

you just need a few routers to flood the entire area.

I would recommend the new "netgear next" range, with pci(desktop) or
pcmcia(laptop) cards from the same range of product.

it will be interesting to see how many you will end up using.

I wouldn't plug in 24 routers on one network system anyway, configuration
would be pretty crazy.

What does the building look like? is it one big solid rectangle?
could you broadcast from outside? etc etc...

Justin









On 30/09/06, Michael Sweeden <michaelsweeden at comcast.net> wrote:
> I have a client with 2 2-story hotel buildings, each about 300 feet 
> long, standing next to each other with an internet connection at the 
> very end of one building which they'd like to share with all rooms 
> without running any wires. I've spoken with Belkin about 
> daisy-chaining 24 wireless G access points together to achieve this 
> end and was told that I should be able to connect that many units 
> together without any problems. The thing is, the
guy
> did not seem very authoritative in his response, plus I know 
> real-world wireless mileage will vary, so I'm wondering if anybody 
> know from
real-world
> experience if any problems like propagation delay between units or the 
> number of units would be a problem, or if there is a better piece of 
> wireless hardware that would work better in this setting.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael
>
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