Wireless LANs

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2 total messages Started by Tom Benham Fri, 08 Jan 1993 20:14

#348

Author: Tom Benham
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 20:14

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I read a review in PC Magazine that said NCR's WaveLan can go
upto 5 miles with roof mounted antenna.  Are there any other
products that can do the same or better and don't require a
license to operate them?  I need to go just slight over 5 miles
and I definietly want to bypass Ma.  Thanks.

Tom Benham

Re: Wireless LANs

#349

Author: Aaron Leonard
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 22:12

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In article <meR3wB1w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>, tbenham@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Tom Benham) writes:

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| I read a review in PC Magazine that said NCR's WaveLan can go
| upto 5 miles with roof mounted antenna.  Are there any other
| products that can do the same or better and don't require a
| license to operate them?  I need to go just slight over 5 miles
| and I definietly want to bypass Ma.  Thanks.
| 
| Tom Benham

Your best bet might be the ARLAN 620 bridges from Telesystems.
They need no FCC license and are supposed to be able to transmit
over a line of sight path of up to 6 miles.  They yield a speed of
something like 200-700Kbps FDX (though their brochures misleadingly
describe them as delivering 400Kbps-1.4Mbps HDX.)

We have a pair of them working over a 1.5 mile path with no problems
at all.  The whole shebang (2 bridges, antenna cables, antennae) should
run you around ten grand.

(Vendor list follows.)

Aaron

Aaron Leonard (AL104), <Leonard@Arizona.EDU>
University of Arizona Network Operations, Tucson AZ 85721
  "It's not a bug, it's a form of flow control."
  - Jerry Leichter on why crash-prone Unix is a suitable
    platform for NSFNET core routers

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Suggested vendors:

Data Systems Sales
1615 Broadway Suite 210
Oakland CA 94612
1 714 974 6544
Ken Kaminishi

South Hills Datacomm
760 Beechnut Drive
Pittsburgh PA 15205
1 800 245 6215

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