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Re: Wireless LAN<->LAN connection?

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From: Rick White
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:42
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In article <1993Jan21.212759.19071@alw.nih.gov>, donp@niaid.nih.gov (Don
Preuss) wrote:
> 
> cjc@nwu.edu (Christopher J. Chen) writes:
> 
> We use Motorola's solution (Altair Plus). It is a wireless spread-spectrum
> product. The latest incarnation should go three blocks (I vaguely remember 1/2 mile
> claimed). It runs at 3+ Mb/sec, and each end is a bridge. The only limitation is
> the number of stations on the remote side. It was limited to 32, and now is something
> a good bit higher. The product we have, the older altair unit, has been up
> for 9 months with zero downtime.
> 
> donp
> 

The wireless bridge solution, VistaPoint, has a throughput of 3.5 Mbps
simultaneous full duplex and can handle 1000 ethernet addresses on each
side. The Altair Plus and Plus II products are designed for end user
connectivity with a current throughtput of 5.7 Mbps.

Both products are 18 GHz wide-band systems.


Rick White                     |    Doing it without Wire
Motorola Inc                   |    Altair (tm) Wireless Ethernet
Wireless Data LAN Division     |    white@rtsg.mot.com
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