On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:33:49 -0600, David Tillman wrote: >This is only slightly related to Asterisk (in that we are using >Asterisk as our PBX), >so feel free to contact me off-list. > >I need to hear from someone who has practical experience using the combo of >Asterisk, WiFi, and WiFi VOIP phones like the Hitachi-Cable IPC-5000. > >In particular, I need to know if scattering consumer grade access >points (Linksys, >D-Link) throughout a warehouse is going to be satisfactory, or if we >should use some >kind of mesh access point from Orinoco or Strix. (In hopes of a better >handoff.)
I tried using the consumer access points (Linksys WAP-54G) and had not end of troubles. Firstly, they all have to have the same SSID or not hand-off at all. Secondly, I found that the WLAN bandwidth would occasionally just go away for a few seconds, which caused calls to simply go silent for 3-4 seconds unexpectedly. Never long enough to drop the call...but enough to force me to ask the other person to repeat themselves. Lastly, the volume level presented by the WIP-5000 was never enough for my tastes. I found that the range around each access point was very limited. Bear in mind that consumer access points often don't put out the full allowable RF power. If you use third party firmware hacks to up the RF output you'll find that they start to through a lot of spurious interference as well. Not the best quality radios I guess. I eventually switched to using a Astra 480i CT desk phone with a couple of corless handsets. It's been great. Michael Graves -- Michael Graves [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Product Specialist www.pixelpower.com Pixel Power Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] o713-861-4005 o800-905-6412 c713-201-1262 fwd 54245 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
