Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 10:39:44 -0500 From: eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> To: freebsd-mobile <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: I would appreciate an opinion from someone with internal network wireless voice and data experience Message-ID: <20080512103944.15946437959uuh8o@intranet.encontacto.net>
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I am in the process of helping a a very progressive company change =20
from windows to FreeBSD with both their servers and all or as many of =20
their workstations as possible (we have some government form handling =20
problems) and have hit an unusual problem.
They have just remolded an old construction with 100% masonry wall =20
(brick and/or concrete) and contracted 100% wireless data and =20
telephone installations. Now that the remodulation is finished, and as =20
soon as work starts, the network saturates.
They have installed approx 15 wifi repeaters for telephones and 10 for =20
datos. They are using two different access points but both on a =20
192.168.1/24 network.
My questions are:
1. Wouldn't using the same subnet be the same and using the same
wire that that would allow voice/telephones to saturate and
slow down the data even though the master AP's are separate?
2. Wouldn't there be channel interference between the aprox 25
repeaters be common?
3. If I were to remove all there equipment (APs repeaters, etc.)
an install 2 AP's in the center of the offices with a watt or
better output and a high gain antenna on each with using separate
networks. 172.16.1/24 for datos and leave 192.168.1/24 for
telephones have a chance at success and if so could you estimate
how much.
I'm asking this because this is the first time I have seen anyone =20
trying to do a 100% wireless office and the idea is cool but only if =20
it works;)
More general information:
The individual workstations will be running freebsd or maybe one of =20
the pc versions. I haven't tried them. Initially there will be about =20
25 of them so they could be used as repeaters, I guess.
The reason for the type of construction and the disregard for FCC on =20
output is that I'm not in the US.
The telephone equipment is linksys SPA941 that I don't find in there =20
page anymore. Maybe it was discontinued for technical reasons. =20
Haven't checked that yet.
If this doesn't work the solution is to wire all that is not that easy =20
or inexpensive now the the remodeling is completed.
Thanks for any ideas.
ed
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