Wireless Internet Hardware Solution Needed

vdinenna71 · ‎04-23-2009

Hi,

I have a situation where I have 3 building that are over 1000 ft apart and have no wired solution we can plug into (and no line of site) for sharing files. Does Cisco provide a wireless Internet hardware solution where 3 buildings can share files securely such as VPN? 1 Meg up and down would be ok, but I guess that depends on the service provider.

Recently, I've come across the D-LINK DIR-450 that uses a PCMCIA card with 3G and other wireless Internet.

Any other suggestions would be great!

Thanks,

Vince

Scott Fella · ‎04-23-2009

Well since you don't have line of sight, you can't do any bridging. Cisco does make a router that has 3G support. You can look at this link:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7272/

You can also create vpn tunnels with this product depending on the IOS.

-Scott
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ehlers.kevin · ‎04-23-2009

You could use the 1522 mesh aps. You can run them in bridge mode, which effectively makes the mesh network a big switch.

In terms of encryption, you'd have to do something else. The lwapp/capwap aps don't encrypt client traffic on the wireless backhaul (5GHz), only lwapp/capwap control traffic. If you're talking about encrypting traffic from the client to the AP (2.4GHz), yes they can do wpa/wpa2.

As for no line of site, you might need a relay of some sort. Another mesh AP would work for this. All it would need is power.

Leo Laohoo · ‎04-23-2009

Cisco has recently released three different router ISR with AP/LAP and 3G support: 860 (4-port L2 switch), 880 (4-port L2 switch) and the 890 (8-port L2 switch).

Alternatively, if you already have an ISR, you can purchase a 3G HWIC card (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps5949/ps7272/prod_brochure0900aecd80601268.pdf).

Hope this helps for you.