mike- 802.11a is w/i the 5Ghz portion of the spectrum. as such it's *much* more susceptible to loss from obstruction. additioanlly, i believe that the original poster was interested in an AP that could be shared from a community perspective. 802.11b is pretty much commodity hardware, whereas 802.11a isn't. if all you're interested in is support for home or a fairly open office i would look @ the 802.11a stuff. but for community applications and anything where you're interested in range .11b is the way to go. when last we saw our hero (Sunday, May 05, 2002), Mike Horwath was madly tapping out: > On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 11:08:34AM -0500, olearysheehy at goldengate.net wrote: > > 3. I remain interested in hearing recommendations for AP > > hardware. Thanks to your comments, I am definitely convinced that > > 802.11a is not the way to go. > > Why do you not like 802.11a? > > The 2.4Ghz freq is filled with a ton of things that shit over the > whole spectrum, from phones to baby monitors to APs. > > I dumped my 802.11b stuff because of this contant interference and got > rid of my 2.4Ghz phones, jumped onto 802.11a and been reasonably happy > since. > > The new stuff coming down the pipe may make me wish I would have > waited, but I couldn't wait :) > -- steve ulrich sulrich at botwerks.org PGP: 8D0B 0EE9 E700 A6CF ABA7 AE5F 4FD4 07C9 133B FAFC