Medical office and wireless

Hello Sunny,

If you want me to suggest better solution, Please answer following questions first . . .

1. Please specify country name in which you are planning to deploy Wireless

2. Which type of wireless systems you are looking for ?
i mean long distance or short distance

3. Please specify approx Air Distance between 2 location where you planning for wireless network deployment

4. Are they in Line of Sight?

5. If you currently deployed any equipement please specify make and standards of same

David

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Sorry, I could have been more specific.  The wireless connection is for inter-office use only.  The customer has two offices, but they are too far apart to be connected through wireless.  There is no computer equipment currently at either location.  I have a clean slate to work from.

Hello Sunny,

I asked you to be specify according to my questions for several reasons...

1. Many equipements are available in today's market but they differs with standards, environment and whether conditions....for eg. equipements which works in one region or one countries may not work in another region or environment...this is wat my personal expierence says

2. There are lot of Wireless equipements available in todays market starting from $ 200 USD which have different features.....like some works for long distances and some may not, some have built-in security features and some may not

like above there are no. of reasons, so please be specific with questions asked to u :)

David

1. Please specify country name in which you are planning to deploy Wireless

 - United States

2. Which type of wireless systems you are looking for ?
i mean long distance or short distance
 
 - short distance

3. Please specify approx Air Distance between 2 location where you planning for wireless network deployment

 - 50 miles

4. Are they in Line of Sight?

 - no

5. If you currently deployed any equipement please specify make and standards of same

 - Currently no equipment

best suited equipements for you are WLAN based equipements

WLAN will solve your all problems....well 50 miles can be easily cover thru WLAN, speed and performance of WLAN is good(10 mbps)....some minor problems i have observed in performance only due to FOG / RAIN / HEAVY SNOWFALL but works cool

if you think both sites are not in line of sight then try to increase height of antenna polls on both side....it will definately solve your problems....!

i have installed many networks based on WLAN, here it works cool (NOT IN USA)

David

Note: In many countries you need to obtain license & complete legal procedures before implementing WLAN networks, i dun't know much abt USA policies for WLAN networks, please contact WLAN equipement manufacturer / dealer to get complete details on WLAN based legal processes.

You have to make sure you meet the HIPPA requirements and carefully consider using wireless.
Most any low-end access-point that you can get at Best Buy/Office Depot is easy to setup and get going. That's the problem. Wireless was designed to be practically plug and play, very simple to set up. However, all security is turned off by default to make it easy.
If you go with a brand name like Cisco Aironet, you can't go wrong.
Cisco now owns Linksys, and I really like the Linksys products. They are very inexpensive, easy to set up and have all the security features that you need (encryption, etc).
I currently use the WRV54G from Linksys.
There is a confusing difference in technology. 802.11 a-b-g
B an G are compatible, A is totally different
A is faster, but G is almost as fast (54Mb)
B is defacto standard, but rather slow (11Mb)
Be aware of interference within the office space. Walls, bookshelves, microwaves, etc can cause interference and you may not get the coverage you need with just one access point.

If you have (or will have since you have nothing yet) stationary systems (front desk) that never move, highly suggest that you get them wired vs wireless. Assuming that you will have a server of some sort, and a potential to move large files (x-rays) accross the network, a total wireless solution many not be the best for your practice.

HTH...

well i agree with PeteLee-PortlandOregon, you can cover higher distance with good RF's & Antenna's Only(i don't think you need extremely good ;-) )....but it works well :-)

For security you can implement WEP as well as MAC Auth on both devices.

though if you want to cover higher distance it is always recommended that you go for VPN based solutions they are much reliable.

For intra office wireless connectivity above suggestion & comments are good

David

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