Re: What is consider as an overkill for Wireless Set up

Hello Owen or anybody else who can help,

Thank you for the great link btw. I am trying to follow your link as well
as this one:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/smbiz/sitsol/DsgnNwrk_8.mspx?mfr=truehttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/smbiz/sitsol/DsgnNwrk_8.mspx?mfr=true

They are both very similiar except certain point.

I got couple of questions going throught the documents you have referred me
to.

When I was adding the certficate that I have installed in the IAS, its
showing that it is going to expire a year later from , why is that? I have
actually indicated 10 years before it expired.

Also your document points to adding "just computers", what if for example an
user's Macbook is not added to the domain, will they have access to
Wireless?

Your help is appreciated.

Thank you,

Helen

"Owen Williams [SBS MVP]" <Owen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <estC1S2ZIHA.1208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, hmooc@xxxxxxxxxx
says...

I would like to know what model is consider as an overkill in terms of
installing AP in the office. I got couple of inputs and so I am being
thrown
left right and centre on which one to try. I am only asking to get
feedbacks because the vendor will not take back the access point once the
box is open.

I got to install the AP in a new office with about 4 glasses offices.
Everything is pretty much open space. There will be about 13 - 15 people
the most in the office. The office is about 2008 square feet.

Which AP would you recommend?

http://www.cdw.ca/shop/products/specs.aspx?EDC=1361652&cm_sp=Product-_-Specs-_-Main+Tab

http://www.hp.com/rnd/products/wireless/ProCurve_Access_Point_530/overvi
ew.htm?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

I don't know what "about 4 glasses offices" means, but if all 13-15
people will be in a 2008 sq ft open office, coverage (having enough
signal strength) as such should not be a major issue.

What you need to think about is that wireless is a shared medium,
comparable to using an Ethernet hub rather than a switch with wired
connections. Depending on how the wireless computers will use the
network, you may need more than one WAP. Basic e-mail and file & print
should not be a problem, but if there will be a lot of streaming media
or frequent large file downloads, you could have a performance problem.

Provided the WAP does the job, I am hardware-agnostic. I work
exclusively with very small organizations and have had good experiences
with several types of WAPs. I nearly always use a wireless router
reconfigured as a WAP - a very each change - because they are usually
easier to find and often less expensive.

I agree with kj about the automatic channel selection, but you no longer
need a "high-end" (= higher cost) WAP to get this; it has become a
common feature in many modern WAPs and wireless routers.

One device I have had good experiences with is the D-Link DIR-655:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127215&Tpk=DIR-
655

This does NOT include the other capabilities kj mentions, such as VLAN
and multiple SSIDs. Those _can_ be useful in specific circumstances.

For an open office you will probably want to mount whatever device you
select - or at least its antenna(s) - at the ceiling to get the best
coverage.

-- Owen Williams (SBS MVP)


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