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Extending my LAN

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by techless

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We opened an additional shop 1 1/2 miles across town. I would like to extend my LAN to that shop. I've looked at the local telephone company's options and costs ... what could I be looking at for wireless technologies?

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by m.r.

Can't give you current prices but you should expect less speed and more connection problems with wireless unless you were only considering a T1 at 1.5MB. Wireless is common at 10MB but you don't typically reach that speed. Connectivity is pretty good these days.

by nettek

There are some things to consider when looking at wireless solutions. First, you probably should not be looking at wireless LAN technology, as they have very limited distances. A wireless WAN is probably required for the distance you are talking. Second, you need to weigh such issues as: are the buildings line-of-site, security, expensive initial hardware costs, maintaining your hardware, and bandwidth considerations.

Unfortunately, you have far too many options to explain them all in this forum. However, you can do a web search on the following:
1. Wireless WANs
2. Wireless line of site WANs
3. Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) WANs
4. Satellite data networks
5. Wireless broadband networks
6. Wireless T-1 wans

Hope that helps

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