Comment Re:I think wired ethernet IS different (Score 1) 158
Right... "Token Ring on the other hand passes a token around and a NIC can send only when they have it."
That's just about the same way this works. The server "box" polls the clients. If your client isn't getting polled when you want to send, you wait. Therefore you lose throughput. And you don't just lose the top 30-40% like wired ethernet you lose about 70% once you get 3 or 4 clients. This equipment works great for linking two wired lans, in ,say, two seperate buildings. It just isn't designed to link 50 clients together. If you want to see it, go down to your nearest CarMax(tm). At my nearest location (Sterling, VA) they have a showroom with terminals hooked together by wlan technology.
You can hook an antenna up to it to make it go further but that gets complex because you have to point each antenna at the base station. If you have ever hooked up a DSS dish, you know it's not the easiest thing in the world.
That's just about the same way this works. The server "box" polls the clients. If your client isn't getting polled when you want to send, you wait. Therefore you lose throughput. And you don't just lose the top 30-40% like wired ethernet you lose about 70% once you get 3 or 4 clients. This equipment works great for linking two wired lans, in
You can hook an antenna up to it to make it go further but that gets complex because you have to point each antenna at the base station. If you have ever hooked up a DSS dish, you know it's not the easiest thing in the world.
