With ever changing networking goals I’m being asked to design our new network (part of a complete renovation of our facility) with, I’d like to know if anyone else is current using wireless networking at their company. Also, what do you like about the technology? What do you dislike about the technology?
I’ll tell you what they are asking right now for me to do. The “main” LAN is going to stay wired. But the top execs in my company were proposing that we look into wireless capability as well. They basically want to be able to bring in a laptop computer and have that computer be capable of accessing the wired LAN, no matter where it roams in the building.
I can’t deny the usefulness this would bring to both our sales team (who never sit still, are ALWAYS traveling the country) and for my own department — to diagnose and log problems throughout the company.
I told them the problem is going to be that security is lacking in wireless and so someone could capture network traffic from sitting in our parking lot and the second concern is expense — wireless is still more costly than wired.
What’s your feedback on this?
