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re: It's time dude, cut the cord already...

Michael Morisy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:14:05 GMT

Wow, a wireless cost calculator from a wireless vendor shows wireless is cheaper? Who'd have thunk?

I've spoken with dozens and dozens of people who've done wireless deployments, and not one of them has ever seen they've seen the significant cost savings that these "magical" calculators always seem to generate.

For example, companies like to tout .11n's greatly expanded reach and improved throughput. But when I talk to customers, they usually grumble that they find it's almost always either/or: Sure, you can get the reach, but your throughput starts dropping. In almost every case, they've had to have just as many wireless hotspots as they've always had to get good, consistent coverage. I'm not saying cabling yourself isn't cheap, but by the time you buy all the APs for each area, pay a VAR to scout out and tell you exactly where they need to be placed, buy even MORE APs because your first set didn't handle your "special requirements" that the vendor hasn't run into anymore, and you might as well have set up a mixed networking office, with wireless in the waiting areas and conference rooms and wired for your desk jockeys.

Put that's enough of my blathering: I put the question to ITKE's members here:

itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/.../wired-versus-wireless-are-we-ready-to-cut-the-cord

Maybe they can set you straight. :)

re: It's time dude, cut the cord already...

Josh Stephens — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:51:48 GMT

KEL,

Sounds like you are among the few that actually take the time to secure their wired networks. I applaud you.

Concerning hitting 97 out of 100 with your pump, next time you come to Austin bring it and we'll hit the skeet range. Winner buys the steaks...

Josh

re: It's time dude, cut the cord already...

Josh Stephens — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:50:32 GMT

Sparky,

Since you're fishing in a magical, make believe world where you actually have a chance of out fishing me - why not fish with some dried fairy wings or at least sprinkle pixie dust on your lures???

Josh

re: It's time dude, cut the cord already...

KEL — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:06:23 GMT

Great post! But…I agree must wired network could be configured more securely, and I have spent alot of time configuring my as such. So to hook it up to a wireless AP seem almost to go against all the work I’ve put into securing my wired net. Then again I also believe wireless is the way ahead and I got to get up to speed, so thank for the great post.

P.S. I hit 96 out of 100 w/my pump.

re: It's time dude, cut the cord already...

greg@solarwinds.net — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:31:37 GMT

I actually prefer crankbaits, or whatever is catching more fish than you are. :)

--Sparky

re: It's time dude, cut the cord already...

tdeboard — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:54:23 GMT

My one area of concern as we move down this road is how do we handle situations where the wireless network is taken offline by interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) and the only access that users have is via a wireless connection. Will we get to a point in time where it doesn't make sense to keep a spare switch in the closet that can be deployed in an emergency situation where the wireless network is down and the source of the interference cannot be located?

re: Understanding When to Deploy a Distributed Network Management Architecture

borgan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:53:32 GMT

Thanks for the article Josh. One question though...what constitutes a "significant degradation in data quality and performance visibility" across a WAN, or is that in the eye of the beholder?

re: How to find your firehose...

battinski — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:38:32 GMT

This has gone straight on my twitter feeds! Great some up of the right way to go about your daily tech life :)

re: How to find your firehose...

dog15bert — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:32:22 GMT

Truer words of wisdom were never spoken. Anyone who has been in this field for more than a couple of months can attest.

re: Undocumented features and why we love them...

gagnerargent — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:16:10 GMT

This undocumented feature is really very helpful.

re: NetFlow vs. SFlow - the debate continues...

acherman — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:35:58 GMT

Hey Josh, I know this post is almost a year old now, but my recent experience with setting up flow sampling has led me to the conclusion that NetFlow is superior to sFlow. I am using sFlow on my Extreme Networks switches and I was very disappointed t learn that sFlow only samples Ingress traffic, not Egress.

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re: Undocumented features and why we love them...

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I have absolutely used this on many occasions for automated email reporting for centralized reporting. This is a great "undocumented" feature!

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