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On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, Joel Elliott wrote:
> Anyone have a recommendation for 802.11x wireless access points that
> work well with both Mac and PC clients?  We've used consumer 802.11b
> Linksys hardware in the past with mixed results -- we seem to have
> consistent trouble with Mac clients.  In any case, we need to upgrade to
> 802.11b/g and want to make sure any access point(s) work well with Mac
> OS-X as well as Windows users.

Whatever you do stay away from 3COM. They suck a$$ big time.

> Small number of users -- probably 5-10 simultaneous users, but would
> like to handle 25 max.
> Someone has recommended the Apple Airport Extreme -- would others
> concur?

I agree, they do well for both Macs and PCs

> Will probably need support for an external antenna, and likely need to
> link 2 or 3 APs together.

Depending on your space an antenna could easily cover a large 
area...

http://www.macwireless.com/html/products/antennas_boosters/index.php
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/70503/wo/WX497dbDoPdM2VlPpUc1WExgzA9/1.0.11.1.0.6.12


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