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Wireless Networking
Wireless Networking
Coverage Distance
802.11b goes about 400 feet indoors
802.11a goes about 60 feet indoors
Need more access points to cover a location
Compatible to each other?
Not yet.
ITL Wireless Equipment
2 Wireless Access Point Routers (with built
in 4 port switch)
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) available
8 Wireless PCMCIA Cards
4 ORiNOCO Gold 11 Mbps PC Cards
4 3Com 11 Mbps PC Cards
Wireless Access Point
LINKSYS
ModelNo. BEFW11S4 ver. 2
Supports
IEEE 802.3 (10BaseT)
IEEE 802.3u (100BaseTX)
IEEE 802.11b (Wireless)
Built-in router capability
Obtains a Clarkson IP and uses DHCP
Built-in4 port switch
Fully-configurable through simple web interface
Wireless Cards
11Mbs
802.11b compatible
4 3Com Cards
Model No. 3CRWE62092A
4 ORiNOCO (Lucent) Cards
Model No. 012352/G
Performance
Inside Range
anywhere except in bathrooms
Usually 11 Mbps connection
Outside Range
Tothe SC lecture wing door (closest to ERC)
Covers faculty lot next to ERC
Half way to Rowley
Connection slows as move away from access point
Summer Research
Protocol
Method of Communication
Spoken Language
Networked Programs (AIM)
LAN to
LAN to Internet (Clarkson LAN
to a Roadrunner service) (Clarkson
to SUNY
Potsdam)