Re: [Aironet] Migrating from Aironet Arlan 630-900 to 802.11b

[Francis S. <fra...@as...>]

Marcus,

I don't think there is "hybrid AP" available that can operate both ARLAN 
900 and 802.11b.
Protocols, firmware and Chanset are all different.

What we did here was to upgrade one area at a time, which will also mean 
that you need to
get new 802.11b Handhelds for this particular area.

BTW putting an ARLAN 630-900 and 802.11b should work just fine since both 
operate
on different frequencies.

The only good thing now with the old ARLAN is that you don't have to worry 
about 802.11b security flaws.



Francis




At 09:54 AM 10/4/2001 -0400, Fawcett, Marcus wrote:
>         We have been running an RF network based off of the old Aironet
>Arlan 630-900 APs and Telxon (now Symbol) PTC-912s for years.  However we
>are now looking for the most cost effective way to begin upgrading to an
>802.11b network (just replacing all the APs and Telxon units at once isn't
>an option at this time due to the cost involved).  So far our assumption has
>been that the simpliest way is to set up 802.11b APs side by side with the
>old 630-900s until we phase out the old Telxon units.  However, we've just
>had one of the APs die on us and it needs replacing, so now the question is
>to find another 630-900 AP to replace it with for now or see if there any
>other options (a hybrid AP with two cards/antenna, that can operate both
>networks for example).  I'm sure there have been others who have had an old
>900Mhz Arlan network that have gone through an upgrade already, any ideas,
>tips, pitfalls to watch for would be very helpful.  Thanks,
>
>         Marcus Fawcett
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