Re: [Aironet] (no subject)

[vigilant <vig...@ci...>]

> Hi,
> 	I am having a problem choosing The cisco device to set-up a wireless network. I guess I should start by tell you exactly what we want. We have a small Internet club. Where we have a account to a ISP in the club build (wireless). The club is abet far form our houses so we want to set-up a wireless network so we can all connect from home. Our houses are about 7km max from the club.  What is our best-bet working on a low budget. We have the server set-up already and a network in the building.
>
> What is the maximum distance a cisco aironet 340 series will cover?
> What access point would be appropriate.
>
>
> Victor Irene
> vi...@cs...


Victor,

It sounds like you would be well served by going with something similiar
to what we have in mind.  The card selection won't matter a great deal
(you'll find that any of the newer 802.11 cards are all 25 to 30 mw power
output), what will matter however is your antenna selection.  I like the
Cisco/Aironet PCI/ISA cards personally because you don't need special
adapters to plug them into an external antenna (just a cable with the
right connectors on each end).

We have recently purchased an 18 db gain omnidirectional antenna to serve
as an anchor point for a network with a very similiar design, our plan is
to point multiple directional antennas at this omnidirectional antenna.
The guys at www.seattlewireless.net are doing something very similiar so
you might see what information that have on their page at this point.

We are hoping to have our second node online in about 2 weeks, I can let
you know how it works out if you are interested.


Bill