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"Howard Winter" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> |
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A bit Off Topic: Which WAP to go for? |
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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:26:40 +0100 (BST) |
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Sorry if this isn't OS/2 related - I'm happy to take it offline if
that's a problem.
I've been asked by a client to install a Wireless Access Point.
He has a shop which has a LAN and Internet access, and he
rents out the flat ("apartment") above it, and wants to
provide WiFi Internet access to his tenants.
Having been out of WiFi for a while I'm out of touch with the
technology, and browsing a local shop shows a bewildering
collection of "standards"! There were just A, B and G when I
last looked, and everyone ignored A, now there seem to be
G+, N, N+, N Rangemax, and others.
Without knowing what the tenants are going to have in their
machines, which one should I be going for? The client isn't
the "Money no object" type (are they ever? :-) so just
getting the best there is won't be necessarily a Good Thing!
The geography is that the WAP will probably be in the shop,
and there's a plaster ceiling/wooden floor between them.
The WAP may have to be installed underneath a counter or
in a cupboard in the shop - not ideal, I know!
So, what is the current thinking on which "standard" to go
for? (N seems to be a draft only from what it says on the
boxes).
Is there a device or a manufacturer that people are happy to
recommend? Bear in mind that inter-brand operability,
something the manufacturers seem keen to discourage, is a
definite requirement as there's no telling what equipment (or
operating system) will be used in the client machines.
Oh, and there's a Starbucks next door with free WiFi (I know,
he could just tell them to use that, but I don't think they'd be
happy!) so preventing interference is going to be an issue.
Cheers,
Howard Winter
The H2Org
http://www.ecomstation.co.uk
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