how good is proxim

[hans007]

i am thinking about getting a proxim 802.11b WAP ($99) from justdeals.com and maybe a card too. I've read they are pretty good, and are at the forefront of wireless just they are getting into 802.11b late since they were a home-RF supported, kinda like intel. now i'm pretty sure they are better than linksys crap, but i wanna see if anyone else has used their products.

 

[ScottMac]

Proxim was one of the first workable wireless systems. I haven't looked at any of their recent stuff, but it used to be about the best you could get. They also made p2p wireless bridges (Ethernet and Token-Ring). They were OEMs for a lot of the other company's wireless stuff.

I'd trust 'em.

FWIW

Scott

 

[JackMDS]

From a Home, and SOHO perspective there is no real big difference between the Entry level Network Appliances. In matter of fact, most of them are build by very few OEM manufactures.

These gizmos are build toward regular Network traffic. When they were conceived the companies did not thought about Network for games, and elaborate Internet schemes.

If you follow the content of a BBS (like this one), you will see that most of the serious complains has to do with the above. Adjusting the capacity for things like games, and Internet is a matter of Drivers, and firmware. Some Network companies (who mainly care to cater to business) don?t really care about these matters.

Because of the differences in price scheme you can find the exact same OEM sold to the regular consumer for $100, and under different name to cooperate user for $200.

As Scott says, Proxim has good reputation. The prices on Just a Deal are very temping ($39 for Wireless PCMCIA cards). However I will not be surprise that people will try them and will find that it works but it will not jump through the hoops.

 

[ktwebb]

Used to use some of the older Frequency hopping 900 Mhz 2 meg stuff then there 2 megabit DSSS 900 Mhz and 2.4 Ghz equipment. Havent used there 802.11b equipment but they are an established WLAN company. My instinct would be that they are in fact a bridge between the SOHO products like SMC, Linksys, Netgear etc.. and the corporate high-end equipment like wireless hardware from Cisco based on there presence in the wireless community. And at that price you really cant go wrong.