Recomendations for AP

[Dejan Nikic]

We're probably going to end up buying quite a few, you think a 
distributor would sell around 8 of them? or is that still retail market? 
  We have 3 offices and all 3 have shop areas but the one I talked about 
earlier is the largest one.  We'll probably have to go with 4 in that 
one that and maybe 2 in each of the other one, for a total of 8 points. 
I just have to see what budget people have to say about this :)

Tyler van Houwelingen wrote:
> we buy through a large disti so I am not sure for retail.  $380 is a 
> good price though.
> 
> wep should be fine on the phones.  I do remember there was one handset 
> that supported WPA, may have been the Hitachi.  Some PDAs with softphone 
> can do WPA as well.
> 
> tyler
> 
> 
> 
> Tyler van Houwelingen
> Founder and CEO
> Azulstar Networks, Inc.
> 1051 Jackson, Grand Haven, MI 49417
> 1117 Rio Rancho Blvd 13, Rio Rancho, NM 87124
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dejan Nikic" <dejan at sdf.lonestar.org>
> To: "SeattleWireless Talk List" <talk at seattlewireless.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 3:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Recomendations for AP
> 
> 
>> hmm the proxim AP4000 looks good, but it seems a bit hard to find on 
>> the net.  I found only one place for $380, which is a good price.  Any 
>> tips on the security setup of these. The phones we're trying to use 
>> should support WEP, do you think this is sufficient?
>>
>> Can you give me a few places that might have these, so that I can do 
>> some shopping and comparing :).
>>
>> Tyler van Houwelingen wrote:
>>> 2 choices:
>>>
>>> 1. use an AP that can do VLANs and class of service (the proxim 
>>> AP4000 does a good job here).  Gets a little tricky if you are using 
>>> wireless backhaul.
>>>
>>> 2. use Meru Access points with a controller, but that is likely more 
>>> than you want to spend.
>>>
>>> I think you will need 3 or maybe 4 APs to get sufficient coverage to 
>>> a WiFi handset, even with external antennas.  All of the handsets on 
>>> the market have pathetic radios in them.  For best coverage, you 
>>> should mount the APs indoors about 15 feet up on external walls with 
>>> the omni antennas spaced about the 3 inches off the wall.
>>>
>>> tyler
>>>
>>> Tyler van Houwelingen
>>> Founder and CEO
>>> Azulstar Networks, Inc.
>>> 1051 Jackson, Grand Haven, MI 49417
>>> 1117 Rio Rancho Blvd 13, Rio Rancho, NM 87124
>>> 1-877-AZULSTAR
>>> www.azulstar.com
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dejan Nikic" 
>>> <dejan at sdf.lonestar.org>
>>> To: <talk at seattlewireless.net>
>>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 1:17 PM
>>> Subject: Recomendations for AP
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> My company is currently trying to move to VOIP and we want to use 
>>>> some Wi-Fi VOIP phones and I would like some recommendation as to 
>>>> what AP should we use.  We need something a bit more commercial and 
>>>> we need it to cover an area of about 60,000 sq. ft. Basically a 
>>>> large shop area. We're thinking of using 2 APs, but if you think 
>>>> that this is too much or too little please say so.  Also security is 
>>>> important since this should not be shared out.  I've already looked 
>>>> at some $500+ Cisco units, but they don't look THAT special.  It 
>>>> seems that getting a consumer grade unit and putting a better 
>>>> antenna would do the trick, so let me know what you think.
>>>>
>>>> thanks.
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