Re: 11g

> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:09:29 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Andrew Back <[email protected]>
> Sender: Andy Back <[email protected]>
> 
> 802.11a may be a better option in areas that suffer pollution in the
> 2.4GHz ISM band. But don't forget that your unlikely to get the same
> range running at 5GHz as you would at 2.4GHz. As a general rule as
> frequency increases range decreases.

Yes, this is true, assuming all other factors are equal (which they
seldom are). But the vast majority of wireless nets could substitute
'a' for 'b' with no problems. They might have to move around antennas
a bit, but normally not even that if the 'b' network was conservatively
designed.

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: [email protected]			Phone: +1 510 486-8634


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