Re: looking for help planning 802.11 deployment

I would suggest checking out http://www.personaltelco.net/  There is an 
excellent WISP list that is aimed at your situation. The Orinoco rg1000 is 
probably not suitable. Other equipment of interest might be
<http://www.mikrotik.com>www.mikrotik.com. also Engeius/ Senao. Also check 
out  http://www.ecommwireless.com/smartbridges.html. Electrocom has 
engineers on staff that are pretty friendly and have lots of experience 
with your situation. They would be happy to sell you a turn key setup. 
Barring that. Picking there brains for design criteria would be helpful.
You will have both horizontal and vertical signal paths. wall floors etc. 
to penetrate. If its a newer complex its already wired for cable. so  Bld 
to bld wireless links with cable modems for cpe interface would be feasible.
Good luck
 George

At 08:44 PM 10/17/2003, you wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>   First off, sorry for intruding upon your list as I'm not in the
> Seattle area.  My company just got a contract to set up a wireless LAN
> that will be serving about 50 users at a local apartment complex, and
> i'm looking for some online discussion groups/forums/mailing lists that
> could offer some advice on deploying 802.11 networks.  I've spent the
> past few days reading everything I can find on the subject.
>
>   Based on what I've read thus far, I'm looking at using OrinocoRG1000s,
> 15 dBi omnis from Hyperlink, and NoCatAuth to handle user
> authentication.  I have a few questions, mainly I want to know if the
> rg1000 can act as a wireless repeater.  The general thought I have is to
> install a central "master AP" at the main office where the NoCat box
> will be located, and place "repeater" access points as needed throughout
> the property.  Unfortunately, we can't run ethernet out of the main
> office building, so all the repeater Aps would have to connect to the
> network by talking to the master AP, or another repeater.  I realize
> this limits available bandwidth, but it's the best we can do.  I'm
> entirely open to any suggestions you may have as to other access points
> or different methods of laying out the network.
>
> Thanks very much in advance for any help you can offer!
>
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> DaytonaWAN Networks Inc.
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