Wireless vs Wired

Call me a crumudeon, but I vote for a wired connection wherever possible.

My main concern is security!
With a wired connection, someone has to make a physical connection to the wire to tap into your network.

With wireless, they need only to be near the installation, and have a compatible interface.

If you are looking at a leased line, how far apart are the installations?
Many wireless services have a fairly small range.
And, the longer the range of the wireless service, the easier it is for someone to hack in to your network.

Secondly, I am concerned about the possible effects of the growing levels of high frequency RF signals that we are exposing ourselves to.

Chas

It depends on the wireless technology you are looking at and the cost. Are you limited to a specific wireless technology? You could go laser line of sight. :)

As far as security, I would say that if setup correctly, your wireless connection can be as secure as your wired connection. (Using firewalls, vpn, and secured connections)

Here is a great article about wireless security.

http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,ss=1479&apn=2&s=1610&a=23839&ap=1,00.asp

The answer lies in your personal analysis of the cost of both options for your business, availabity of the services in your area, as well as local geography.

I hope this helped.

Given the bandwidth requirements you will have since you want the connection for a webserver and emails and voice for your call-center, I think you would be much happier in the long run going with a wired solution, at least from the internet to yournetwork.

You might be able to include a wireless access point or two within your internal office network, but I would definitly recommend your servers be connected to the internet via a wired connection.

- Marc

I assume you are talking about point to point wireless.
In my experience, sometimes wireless is necessary, especially when dealing with a system where the wired provider is a government entity.
I am not familiar with the current situation in Manila, but there are several countries where I always recommend wireless.
Regards, Chris

As with the previous answer I am not familiar with the situation in Manila, but I am based in Nairobi, Kenya. we went for the wired solution for many reasons, not least being that here the licence to buy a wireless is so high it is not economically worth while.However, we have problems with that the wired as the local lines are really poor quality, and regularly get cut (overhead wires, passing trucks, and occasionally corrupt engineers looking to top up thier incomes).

Nonetheless, I would still come down on the side of wired from this side of things

Hope this helps

Michael

WIRED.
There is too much of uncertainty factor in wireless solutions. And a corporate webserver deserves a nice, managed connectivty solution. As per you description, at some point bandwidth will become an issue. It is easier addressed with a wiredsolution.