Thursday, April 21, 2011

Chapter 8: WLANs

NETGEAR - Wireless-N Wireless Access Point

This product is very user friendly and includes everything you need to set up your own wireless network.  The features include: Wireless-N technology which utilizes multiple antennas to deliver improved range while reducing drops and dead zones.  WMM support makes it easy to prioritize time-sensitive Web traffic before Web surfing or file transfers to improve efficiency.
Provides up to 300 Mbps of data for fast and efficent operations and includes a power dave mode to conservethe batter life all your other connected wireless periperals.  This wireless access point will cost you around $150.

D-Link - AirPremier 802.11b/g Wireless Outdoor Access Point

This wireless outdoor access point is ideal for Internet service providers to create hotspot networks and provide outdoor users with wireless Internet access. The die-cast, watertight housing and built-in heater with a temperature sensor provide durability. It also has a Ethernet port incase you need a wired connection.
Product Features
For fast, efficient operation this wireless outdoor access poiont provides 2.4GHz ISM minimum frequency and 2.5GHz ISM maximum frequency.  This will cost you a bit at $820





Cisco Small Business WAP4410N

This Wireless Access Point gives you fast wireless data speeds, broad coverage and installation flexibility that a standard access point are not able to provide. The WAP4410N uses three antennas for both sending and receiving data this is know as MIMO (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) technology, which minimizes errors and optimizes data speed. Another benifit of the three antennas is it allows for broader coverage and longer signal range.

A really great feature the WAP4410N has it can use a single Ethernet connection for both power and data, so there is no need for outlets. Also, VoIP and video applications won't suffer from other network data demands thanks to the integrated QoS (quality of service) features that give signal priority to voice and video quality.  This will cost you only $190.