wirelessdan2002
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1. brand, and of course price – depending on how deep is your pocket: there are the branded and upmarket (Cisco, 3Com, Proxim, Orinoco etc.), the good value, tried and tested (Linksys, Dlink, SMC etc.), the cheap and unexplored (Enzer, Mercury, Fulbond etc.)
2. overall quality – packaging, finishing, reliability etc.
3. supports –driver/utility software/firmware, user friendliness, ie. ease of installation/configuration, security features, customer supports.
4. forms, fits and functions – to meet networking requirements, usage profiles and system configurations.
5. hearsay – just post here in the forum, ask the forum’s opinion on brand xxx model yyy, and start to count the votes.
6. lastly, but in my opinion, the most importantly, the wireless link performance in meeting the needs of the networking environment.
Will discuss in the following postings about wireless link performance considerations, including free space radio wave propagation calculation for range/path loss, effects of building structure to indoor WiFi (IEEE 802.11B) link performance, eg. reduction of signal strength by walls, floors, doors, windows etc.
2. overall quality – packaging, finishing, reliability etc.
3. supports –driver/utility software/firmware, user friendliness, ie. ease of installation/configuration, security features, customer supports.
4. forms, fits and functions – to meet networking requirements, usage profiles and system configurations.
5. hearsay – just post here in the forum, ask the forum’s opinion on brand xxx model yyy, and start to count the votes.
6. lastly, but in my opinion, the most importantly, the wireless link performance in meeting the needs of the networking environment.
Will discuss in the following postings about wireless link performance considerations, including free space radio wave propagation calculation for range/path loss, effects of building structure to indoor WiFi (IEEE 802.11B) link performance, eg. reduction of signal strength by walls, floors, doors, windows etc.