05-04-2007 08:53 AM - edited 07-03-2021 02:01 PM
This is for a project at college.
Law Firm - about 30 employees
3 Servers running Windows 2003
DSL
We need about 6 AP's powered by PoE. Any suggestions on EVERYTHING we need?
Thanks for any help,
Erik
05-04-2007 09:28 AM
Erik,
Cisco Has an 8 port 3560 POE switch. Small but would do the POE for APs well.
-Doug
05-04-2007 10:18 AM
Thank you Doug, is there anything else?
05-04-2007 11:48 AM
At the risk of stating the obvious you need the access points. These may come with integrated antenna, if not you will have to purchase them sepearately.
Then you need to make a choice, lightweight or autonomous operation.
Lightweight - You will need a Wireless LAN controller. For 6 access points the mode 2100 is ideal. This will enable centralised mangement.
Autonomous - No additional hardware requiements, just time to configure each access point individualy, and tune the frequencies/channels and radio strengths. It is not overly difficult, just time consuming.
Documentatuin here:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/products_category_buyers_guide.html
05-04-2007 12:11 PM
Erik,
I agree with Mark. You have some other decisions that are necessary before moving forward. If $ is an issue and time isn?t you should more toward the autonomous version of APs. Lightweight is a great migration path for the future. You can upgrade to this later on.
Cisco's 1130 series is a great place to start looking.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/products/ps6087/index.html
05-04-2007 01:38 PM
thank you so much for the help
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