[MLB-WIRELESS] 802.11a gear -anyone played with any?

[Jamie Lovick]

On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Tristan Gulyas wrote:
> 
> I've had the opportunity to play with the Cisco Aironet 1200 series
> AP (dual mode!)  and AIR-CB20A cardbus 54Mbit NIC.  The gear uses
> frequencies betwee 5.180GHz and 5.3(something)GHz depending on
> channel.

Just as a note, it is illegal to use the 802.11a based equipment using
that frequency outdoors .. At around 5.7 Ghz there are 11 channels
available to use up to 1 Watt EIRP outdoors, but the equipment is not
yet widely available, not cheaply anyway.

I've seen bridges go for $10K a pair.

Regards

Jamie

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