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To: RetiredNow who wrote (31674)	2/3/2000 5:26:00 AM
From: country bob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 77399

mornin', y'all!

To: RetiredNow who wrote (31674)	2/3/2000 9:23:00 AM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 77399

they're aimed at retail consumers right? The Aironet is, I think, primarily aimed at business. It involves a base station installed in a building which allows laptops that people bring to meetings to remain connected to the corporate network. There are desktop connections, in one pilot it was used to setup a network based directory in a kiosk in the lobby without requiring network wiring. I've also seen it mentioned as a candidate for temporary networks in locations where permanent wire is not attractive, such as a trade show, press conference, tent sale, job fair, or fly-by-night telemarketing office. It can work without the central base station, but at limited range. It would make a good home network but is more expensive than Intel home networking or some other proposed solutions. TP

To: RetiredNow who wrote (31674)	2/3/2000 12:02:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 77399

TP, they're aimed at retail consumers right? I hope so. I might pick up one for my home. Right now I have cat-5 wire running all over my house. Very unsightly indeed. I need a wireless basestation badly! I don't know about the Cisco product, but I looked into wireless home networks a little bit a couple of weeks ago. At best they claim 2Mbps and some only 1Mbps. Since you're using cat-5 wire I'll assume that you currently have a 100Mbps network and predict that you'd hate the wireless network's performance for everything but surfing. Wait until at least 10Mbps networks are available at a home price. If I ever have a house built for me I'm going to have a wire closet with a 16- or 32-port switch and at least one network jack in each room, including the garage and the john.