-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Adding Wireless Access Point
- From: "Peter Strisik" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:17:47 -0800
Jim,
We won't have any machine to machine communication, just want to share
the broadband connection. We are all therapists and not on the computer
all the time. 11mps, even with some degradation with distance should be
fine for a 256 cable connection.
.......Peter
>
>
> just remember that wireless will be slow for machine to
> machine communications since in that configuration all data
> packets will pass through the wireless access point and only
> 1 wireless device can talk at a time, so machine a qill send
> soething to the WAP, the WAP would then send it to the other
> machine and so on. This all happens rather quickly but large
> files and multiple users will bog it down quickly.
>
> The more users u have the more likely there will be delays. I
> would recommend a wired network.
>
> Also note, it's been my experience that the mfg's distance
> specs are highly optimistic and the thru-put drops quickly as
> the distance increases.
>
> -Jim-
>
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