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The Total Cost of a Wireless Network: Page 3 of 19

The Wireless Networking Project

Congratulations! You've just been promoted to CTO of HealthPlex (see "HealthPlex Software", for a sketch of the company). One of your first tasks is to evaluate the deployment of a WLAN. With 70 percent of the employees already using laptops, there's strong pent-up demand for a WLAN. From the perspective of those users, the company has paid for mobility by buying laptops, but then effectively restricted that mobility by failing to have a WLAN in place.

In addition, HealthPlex has close relationships with its customers, business partners and suppliers. Representatives from those companies frequently visit the office with their own laptops and ask to be connected to the Internet.

But these demanding employees and visitors aren't responsible for the IT budget, nor do they have to justify it to the finance staff. That's your job.