Sure its possible, we cover our block with just 2 AP's (block of 8 houses) works like a charm :)
Bas On Monday 26 December 2005 22:27, El Nino wrote: > is it possible to use an one(1) Wireless Access Point(54Mbps) for the > whole two floors(the building)? whats all your advice? > > ps: all advices are wellcome. > > On 12/23/05, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 22, 2005, at 7:12 PM, Lares Moreau wrote: > > >> office (2 floors) > > >> > > >>> Can you drill through walls? > > >> > > >> yes! > > >> > > >>> Are they all in the same room? > > >> > > >> no, several rooms(7) + 2 floors > > >> > > >>> Why are you networking them? > > >> > > >> sharing Internet + other normal data sharing stuff > > >> > > >>> What sort of traffic do you expect between them? > > >> > > >> only for Internet surfing + other normal office file sharing > > >> > > >>> Antoine > > >> > > >> Thank You Antoine for your questions > > > > > > For this situation, all you really need is small Switch at each room > > > connected to the computers in the room. And connect all those switches > > > to a main switch which is connected to the internet/router/FileServer. > > > > I would agree, except insofar as the costs of wiring are > > prohibitive. I have installed wireless networking quite a bit for > > clients where the costs of wiring were higher than the costs of > > wireless networking equipment, even with monthly wep key changes, or > > quarterly wpa key changes. > > > > > I would recommend against Wireless for office situations due the > > > diffuclty in securing it. > > > > there's not a lot of difficutling securing wireless....just some > > tedium. even wep is secure, if you change the keys often enough. As > > for wirelss being slower....sure, i've only got 54 mps from this > > laptop to my switch...but i've only got 3 mbps from the switch to the > > internet, so what? if you're not doing computer/computer file > > transfers of large size, who really needs 100 mbps? I've been doing > > network administration for 16 years and, with the exception of > > certain graphic artists I could name, 99% of my users have not > > exceeeded 10 mbps of ethernet. much less the 54 of 802.11g..... > > (okay, I KNOW you don't actually get to push that much data, but even > > at practical throughputs, you exceed 10). > > > > > -Lares > > > -- > > > Lares Moreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | LRU: 400755 http:// > > > counter.li.org > > > lares/irc.freenode.net | > > > Gentoo x86 Arch Tester | ::0 Alberta, > > > Canada > > > Public Key: 0D46BB6E @ subkeys.pgp.net | Encrypted Mail > > > Preferred > > > Key fingerprint = 0CA3 E40D F897 7709 3628 C5D4 7D94 483E 0D46 BB6E > > > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- > ... > "The future lies ahead." > _______________________ > < Have you mooed today? > > ---------------------------------------- > \ ^__^ > \ (oo) \_______ > (__) \ )\/\ > > | |-----w | > > 2.6.14-gentoo-r5-sinhalese-r1.0 > (((o)))~--~--~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Proud to be a Sinhalese. > SINHALESE ARE GENIUSES OF IRRIGATION > http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~sydney/sinhales.htm -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
