Alternatives to 802.11

Baz · 7 Dec 2006 at 13:54

As title really, I need to put in a network in a building our company uses, but they already have a wireless network installed, and installing a second one would cause too much interferance on their network, and they won't allow us to use their network (understandable) so I am looking for alternatives to 802.11, room we need to install is about 200ft long by 50ft wide. Any devices for computers would need to fit in a laptop.

Are there any alternatives??

Cuchulain · 7 Dec 2006 at 13:56

Baz said:
As title really, I need to put in a network in a building our company uses, but they already have a wireless network installed, and installing a second one would cause too much interferance on their network, and they won't allow us to use their network (understandable) so I am looking for alternatives to 802.11, room we need to install is about 200ft long by 50ft wide. Any devices for computers would need to fit in a laptop.

Are there any alternatives??

Installing a second one shouldn't cause any interference, just pick a different channel to run it on.

Baz · 7 Dec 2006 at 14:03

Cuchulain said:
Installing a second one shouldn't cause any interference, just pick a different channel to run it on.

They already have 4 AP's in the room, and with only 13 channels to choose from, there will be interferance if we put in 2 or 3 AP's as they would cause interfearance on their network, already had a wifi specialist look at it.

Or alternatively, are there any AP's (like Cisco) that would allow two networks from one AP

tonyyeb · 7 Dec 2006 at 14:33

How about going to 802.11a which uses the 5ghz frequency for some of the aps? You would need clients that support it too.

Curiosityx · 7 Dec 2006 at 14:37

Depending on whether your using the Ap's for voice, data or both you can use multiple Ap's on different channels within the same space.

Cisco Ap's by default with negotiate the least congensted channel when first intitalised which is useful in a high density environment.

You also have to consider how it will be implemented for example would they be configured as standalone devices or in a WDS mesh configuration.

Either way i would recommend Cisco over any other vendor without a doubt. You shouldnt have to look for an alternative to WiFi if configured properly, unless you want to run cable in the building.

Baz · 7 Dec 2006 at 14:43

We already use Cisco Aironets in our other sites, fantastic devices

We might try again to persuade them to let us put our own AP's up..

Did look at Bluetooth, but the speeds are dire..