From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jun 6 8:31:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mail.sai.co.za (mail.sai.co.za [196.33.40.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FE6E37B405 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 08:31:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@sai.co.za) Received: from dave.sai.co.za ([196.33.40.17] helo=dave) by mail.sai.co.za with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 157ofe-000274-00; Thu, 07 Jun 2001 03:33:10 +0200 From: "David Wilson" To: "Brian" Cc: "FreeBSD Mailing List" Subject: RE: Wireless LAN Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 17:32:20 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 In-Reply-To: <011d01c0ee9a$f0480580$3324200a@sonicboom.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi Brian, Thanks for the guidance, I'm gonna have to maybe give the servers a skip then. Thanks to Alex & yourself for all the guidance, it's appreciated. Regards David Wilson Technical Support Centre The S.A Internet 0860 100 869 www.sai.co.za -----Original Message----- From: Brian [mailto:bri@sonicboom.org] Sent: 06 June 2001 05:11 To: alexus; David Wilson; InvictaNet Customer Support; Freebsd-ISP Subject: Re: Wireless LAN Oh I agree, I would not use it for servers, just for a laptop or 2, with unknown mac blocking if I could. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "alexus" To: "David Wilson" ; "InvictaNet Customer Support" ; "Freebsd-ISP" Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 8:08 AM Subject: Re: Wireless LAN > i am using wireless network for my laptops > > and i wouldn't recommend you to use it for servers.. > its' not as much reliable as a cat 5 cables.. > > i have 11mbps i think it's the top for today's > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Wilson" > To: "InvictaNet Customer Support" ; "Freebsd-ISP" > > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 6:42 AM > Subject: RE: Wireless LAN > > > > Hi Thanks for getting back to me, > > > > It gets rid of cabling issues etc. > > Is there no way to run 100mb or 1gb over wireless ? > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > David Wilson > > Technical Support Centre > > The S.A Internet > > 0860 100 869 > > www.sai.co.za > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: InvictaNet Customer Support [mailto:support@invictanet.co.uk] > > Sent: 06 June 2001 12:09 > > To: Freebsd-ISP > > Cc: David Wilson > > Subject: RE: Wireless LAN > > > > > > I may be wrong, but..... > > AFAIK all (cost effective)wireless systems run at 10mbps max. Surely you > > would be better off using a 100 or Gig cable based system? > > > > Martyn Routley > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > InvictaNet - The Internet in Plain English, Guaranteed > > http://www.invictanet.co.uk > > info@invictanet.co.uk > > phone: 08707 440180 > > fax: 08707 440181 > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of David Wilson > > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 11:06 AM > > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > > Subject: Wireless LAN > > > > > > Hi all, Howzit going ? > > > > > > We are looking at moving our local LAN here and all our servers to a > > wireless network, currently all our servers are on a shared 10MB Cat5 > > network. > > We currently have 18 servers that we need to move to a wireless > arrangement. > > What wireless products work the best with FreeBSD or Linux ? What > > scalability do these wireless products have ? > > > > Thanks, any guidance would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > Regards > > David Wilson > > Technical Support Centre > > The S.A Internet > > 0860 100 869 > > www.sai.co.za > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message