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Proxim Wireless
Base Station Unit
- Can I use my own CAT5 cable to connect the Base Station Unit to a Power Brick?
- How long are the cables provided with the Base Station Unit?
- Is there a "Base Station Unit Cable Termination Kit"?
- Can I use Base Station Units without a Tsunami Multipoint Base Station Power Brick?
- Can I use a Subscriber Unit Power Brick for the Base Station Unit?
- What is the maximum cable length from the Base Station Unit Power Brick to the Base Station Unit?
- Can I use a larger pole for the Base Station Unit than is supported "out of the box"?
General System Questions
- What is the range of the Tsunami Multipoint system?
- Does Tsunami Multipoint offer any antennas options other than 60 degree Base Station Unit antennas and 10 degree Subscriber Unit antennas?
- What is the standard warranty for Tsunami Multipoint?
- Does Tsunami Multipoint provide any RS-232 or V.35 interfaces?
- How many Subscriber Units can a single Base Station Unit accommodate?
ORiNOCO 802.11abg ComboCard
- Are ComboCards interoperable with any vendor’s 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g access points?
- What are the minimum technical requirements for my computer?
- What makes the ORiNOCO 11a/b/g ComboCard “enterprise quality”?
- How are the Gold (Model 8480) and Silver (Model 8481) cards different?
- What does the new World Mode do? Are special access points required to provide this capability?
- What are location profiles and how do I use them?
- I just have 802.11b networks. Is there any reason to upgrade to the ComboCard if I just want to use 802.11b?
- Can I use a ComboCard in an AP-1000, AP-2000, or AP-2500?
- Is there an 11a/b/g solution for desktop computers that do not have a CardBus slot?
- Can I still utilize Proxim’s 802.11a 2X Turbo mode with the 11a/b/g ComboCard?
- How will I be able to upgrade the card to WPA and 802.11i?
- How do I set WEP encryption for the ComboCard? Are there different WEP and security settings for the different wireless modes?
- Is the ComboCard compatible with Macintosh computers?
- How do I know which mode to use in a specific location?
- Assuming a location has all three modes available, how do I choose which will provide the best throughput and security?
- Can I add a special antenna to it to increase range?
- When installing the ComboCard on my laptop, do I need to remove the previous ORiNOCO drivers or other WLAN software?
- How do I switch between the wireless modes?
ORiNOCO Access Points
ORiNOCO Client Adapters
- What is the connector on the ORiNOCO PC Card for?
- Can I connect an external antenna to the ORiNOCO PC Card?
- Is the PC Card that goes into the Access Point the same as the client card?
- What documentation is provided with the products?
- Station Name is not updated in Link Test of Client Manager when Computer Name has been changed in Windows platforms.
- How to update the Station Name together with the new Computer Name.
ORiNOCO Network
ORiNOCO Security
ORiNOCO Software
- Is special software required for authentication of my users?
- How can I get ORiNOCO software updates?
ORiNOCO WEP Security
Subscriber Unit
- Can I use my own CAT5 cable to connect the Subscriber Unit to the Subscriber Unit Power Brick?
- How long are the cables provided with the Subscriber Unit?
- What is the maximum cable length from the Subscriber Unit Power Brick to the Subscriber Unit?
- What is the "Subscriber Unit Cable Termination Kit"?
- What does the Subscriber Unit include?
- Can I use a larger pole for the Subscriber Unit than the 1 ј" to 1-ѕ" pole that the Subscriber Unit supports "out of the box"?
Tsunami Multipoint & Networking
- Does Tsunami Multipoint support bridging or routing?
- How big is the Subscriber Unit & Base Station Unit buffer?
- What is the average latency between a Tsunami Multipoint Base Station and a Subscriber Unit?
- How many IP addresses can each Subscriber Unit handle?
- What is the maximum throughput per Base Station Unit and per Subscriber Unit?
- Does Tsunami Multipoint offer any sort of bandwidth management capability?
- What is the data throughput of Tsunami Multipoint? Out of the 60 Mbps provided by the system, how much data can I expect to see?
- What is the access method downstream and upstream?
- What is the power consumption per Base Station Unit (single sector, fully loaded) and per Subscriber Unit?
- What sort of Quality of Service or bandwidth prioritization does Tsunami Multipoint provide?
- Can Tsunami Multipoint provide Service Level Agreements (SLAs)?
- Can routers or other devices see Tsunami Multipoint Subscriber Unit MAC Addresses?
- How do you assign IP addresses and what is the fixed limit?
- What are the different configurations that the Tsunami Multipoint Subscriber Unit supports to restrict traffic through the Subscriber Unit?
- Can a Subscriber Unit connect directly to a hub, switch, router, or PC Network Interface Card (NIC)?
Tsunami Multipoint & Tsunami Point-to-Point Interoperability
- Can Tsunami point-to-point links operate through a non-working Tsunami Multipoint sector?
- Can Tsunami point-to-point links using 5.8 GHz operate through a "working" Tsunami Multipoint 5.8 GHz sector?
- Can Tsunami point-to-point links using frequencies other than 5.8 GHz operate through a "working" Tsunami Multipoint 5.8 GHz sector?
Tsunami Multipoint Configuration Software and System Management
- Does Tsunami Multipoint support SNMP?
- What configuration software is provided with Tsunami Multipoint?
- Does Tsunami Multipoint management use a proprietary structure or a standard Ethernet frame?
- How are Tsunami Multipoint Subscriber Units registered with the Base Station Unit?
- What version of Java Runtime should I use?
Tsunami Multipoint Overview
- What is Tsunami Multipoint?
- What are the key components of a Tsunami Multipoint system?
- What are the key components of a Tsunami Multipoint system?
Tsunami Multipoint RF
- What does the Global Position System (GPS) built into the Tsunami Multipoint Base Station do?
- What is the modulation symbol rate for Tsunami Multipoint? Does it vary depending on modulation mode?
- Does Tsunami Multipoint have Forward Error Correction (FEC)?
- How wide are the frequency channels? How wide are the guard bands?
- Has Tsunami Multipoint received FCC approval?
Tsunami Multipoint System Deployment
- Can multiple Internet Service Providers (ISPs) use a Tsunami Multipoint system in the same area?
- In Ethernet bridge mode, what does Tsunami Multipoint do to maintain security between Subscriber Unit users?
- What sort of modulation does Tsunami Multipoint use?
- Does Tsunami Multipoint provide Near Line of Sight capabilities?
- What Base Station Unit would a Subscriber Unit communicate with if two Base Station Units were transmitting in the same area?
- How do I avoid "cross-talk" between Base Station Units at the same location?
- Are the Tsunami Multipoint Subscriber Units and Base Station Units waterproof?
- Does Tsunami Multipoint support Radius and DHCP?
- What security does Tsunami Multipoint employ?
- In Ethernet bridge mode, what does Tsunami Multipoint do to maintain security between Subscriber Unit users?
- Does the Base Station Power Brick support DC power? What can be done if one wants to use Base Station Power Bricks but does not have AC power?
- Can the transmit power for Tsunami Multipoint be reduced?
- Can a Base Station Unit or Subscriber Unit MAC Address be changed?
- Can I deploy two different Base Station Units in the same area using different modulation schemes so some Subscriber Units tune at 20 Mbps and others at 60 Mbps?
- How do you mount six Base Station Units in one location to cover 360 degrees if each antenna covers 60 degrees and you are using the 4 frequency plan and minimize adjacent channel usage?
- How do you mount the six antennas of a fully configured Hub Site (6 Base Station Units), can they all be on one pole?
- Do you have a channelization scheme so multiple fully configured Base Station Units can cover a larger region?
- Can I mix different speed Subscriber Units with the same Base Station Unit?
- What is the wind loading for Tsunami Multipoint?
- At what distances can the Tsunami Multipoint system operate?
Western Multiplex New Wire
- How easy is it to deploy New Wire?
- How far can my buildings be located from each other?
- What applications can I run over a New Wire connection?
- How much does the New Wire cost vs. fiber/copper?
- What kinds of enterprises are using New Wire?
- What is the concept of the "New Wire?"
- What are the advantages of using the New Wire solutions?
- How reliable and secure are New Wire connections?
- How fast is the New Wire connection?
- What issues do I need to consider when implementing New Wire connection?
- What components are included in a New Wire connection?
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