On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 12:12:46PM +0100, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Any comments on this setup?
Just one general one: network with wires where you can, employ wireless only when you must. If your business depends on the networking, go for the licensed bands (i.e. not 2.4 / 5 GHz). Use wireless only where you can clearly benefit from the coverage, mobility, lower link-setup cost, generally areas where it is impossible or impractical to use Ethernet & friends. Backup with wires when possible, nevertheless. Wireless technology isn't really suited to replace existing wired networks, but rather to complement them. The wired networks are more widely deployed, for a longer time, i.e. more tested & generally cheaper. It's easier to avoid interferences, including DoS attacks. E.g. 802.11g is orders-of magnitude slower than the 100Mbps switched Ethernet, especially where the bands get crowded (many networks/clients in the same area attempting to talk at the same time). Not only the raw speed is lower, but the latency is greater, and the packet-loss is significant--something at least pre-2.6 TCP/IP stack will not be happy about. And just as a matter of fact, D-Link is a crap. -- Jan Minar "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed." x 7
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