I recently went though the same
exercise as
I need to sort out wireless access over a relatively large
site.
I ended up (with lots of advice and
assistance (thanks MH) from here):
Alcatel 510 DSL router (not necessary
in
your case)
2xWAP11
1x Linksys EZXS88W 8 port
switch
A couple of things to
note:
When siting access point height is
your
friend, but there is a null zone immediately above and below the AP UNLESS
you
turn one of the antennas sideways.
RF HATES RSJs. If you have one, it
will
seem to suck up any signal in the vicinity. Avoid placing your AP anywhere
near
one.
There’s lots more, just use
common
sense.
Tim.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kermit The Frog
[mailto:kermitthefrog@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 August 2002 18:03
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Wireless
Access Points
>You don't need one - set your cards to "Adhoc" mode,
and
they communicate
without an access point.
I didn't know you could do that, useful, but I
do
have a SMC Barricade 7004ABR router connected to my cable modem, and have
my
server on the LAN, so I would need to look at either an access point or
replacing the router with a wireless model.