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  Is It Time To Say Goodbye To The CAT 5 Cable?

By Branko Miletic & channelinsider.com | Friday | 2008-06-20

According to channelinsider.com, the advent of the 802.11n wireless protocol will give rise to the fully wireless infrastructure, opening new and exciting opportunities for moving data.

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The report notes that if the wiring even in a small office with 10 seats will mean Category 5 drops to every office, desk and conference room, the total cost will be several thousand dollars at these rates.

Even conventional WAPs (wireless access points) require hard wiring to switches and routers, so 802.11a/b/g has been little help in untangling the Cat. 5 mess.

However, wireless has been virtually useless until now. The advent of 802.11n will open up much wider wireless data pipes, allowing gigabyte volume throughput on the data spectrum.
Motorola for example is betting its networking strategy on this new standard and wireless mesh networking.
 
Motorola's new wireless enterprise line is leading the advance of a new wave of networking. While the wireless enterprise is not a new concept, the idea of replacing all those hard-wired access points and retaining access to high-availability fat pipes is relatively new.

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