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Wired on Wireless: A New Class of 802.11 Devices Go the Distance
March 22, 1999
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Executive Summary: 802.11 Wireless Products

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How We Tested

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ROI for Wireless LANs

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DS Interoperability: Single-Station FTP Performance (Mbps)

FH Interoperability: Single-Station FTP Performance (Mbps)

FH Multiple-Station: Near and Far Nodes, FTP Performance (Mbps)

DS Multiple-Station: Near and Far Nodes, FTP Performance (Mbps)

Our test Environments: Testing Transmission Range (Mbps)

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Features Chart For
IEEE 802.11 Wireless PC Cards
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IEEE 802.11 Wireless Access Points

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By Dave Molta with Areth Foster-Webster  Will this be the year wireless LAN technology exceeds its success in vertical markets? Many people think so, especially those associated with a dozen leading vendors of wireless LANs whose products we tested in our Syracuse University Real-World Labs®. We evaluated performance, range and interoperability, while assessing the features and functionality of each platform. (For details on our tests, go to www. networkcomputing. com/1006/1006r2side1.html.) It's been nearly four years since we evaluated this technology and a lot has changed--all of it for the better.
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Aironet Wireless Communications
PC4500 Direct Sequence Wireless PC-Card Adapter
InTalk ST-500A PCMCIA Radio Card

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Samsung Electro-Mechanics SWL-1000 PC Card
Nortel Networks BayStack 660 Wireless LAN PC Card
Cabletron Systems RoamAbout PC Card
Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE PC Card
No Wires Needed Swallow 550 PC-Card
MaxTech Corp. LANescape XWL430 Wireless LAN PC Card



Proxim 8404 RangeLAN802 802.11 PC Card
Symbol Technologies Spectrum24 2Mbps PC Card

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Aironet Wireless Communictions
PC3500 Frequency Hopping Wireless PC-Card Adapter
BreezeCOM BreezeNET SA-PCR PRO.11 PC Card
Nortel Networks BayStack 650 Wireless LAN PC Card



Aironet Wireless Technologies
AP4500 Direct Sequence Wireless Ethernet Access Point
InTalk WR-1200 Access Point

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Lucent Technologies WavePOINT II Access Point
Cabletron Systems RoamAbout Access Point
No Wires Needed Parrot 550 Access Point
Intermec Technolgies Corp. 2100 Universal Access Point
Nortel Networks
BayStack 650 Wireless LAN Access Point
and
BayStack 660 Wireless LAN Access Point
MaxTech Corp. LANescape XWL411 Access Point



Symbol Technologies
Spectrum24 2Mbps Ethernet Access Point
Aironet Wireless Communications
AP3500 Frequency Hopping Wireless Ethernet Access Point

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Proxim 8521 RangeLAN802 802.11 Ethernet Access Point
BreezeCOM BreezeNET AP-10 PRO.11 Access Point


Interactive Report Card ®s
802.11 DS PC Cards

802.11 FH PC Cards

802.11 DS Access Points

802.11 FH Access Points


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