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Benefits of wireless LANs include:
Convenience - The wireless nature of such networks allows users to access network resources from nearly any convenient location within their primary networking environment (home or office). With the increasing saturation of laptop-style computers, this is particularly relevant.
Mobility - With the emergence of public wireless networks, users can access the internet even outside their normal work environment. Most chain coffee shops, for example, offer their customers a wireless connection to the internet at little or no cost.
Productivity - Users connected to a wireless network can maintain a nearly constant affiliation with their desired network as they move from place to place. For a business, this implies that an employee can potentially be more productive as his or her work can be accomplished from any convenient location.
Deployment - Initial setup of an infrastructure-based wireless network requires little more than a single access point. Wired networks, on the other hand, have the additional cost and complexity of actual physical cables being run to numerous locations (which can even be impossible for hard-to-reach locations within a building).
Expandability - Wireless networks can serve a suddenly-increased number of clients with the existing equipment. In a wired network, additional clients would require additional wiring.
Cost - Wireless networking hardware is at worst a modest increase from wired counterparts. This potentially increased cost is almost always more than outweighed by the savings in cost and labour associated to running physical cables.
Enables IT offers wireless solutions that compliment existing infrastructures and use mobile technology to enhance business performance. Huge benefits can be derived from deploying a well-designed RF (Radio Frequency) solution, but it is important to decide how it will be used from implementation. This will determine how reliant your organisation will become on it in the future.
RF must provide edge-to-edge coverage throughout the building and be designed to ensure construction materials don't create any blind spots. Higher concentration in certain areas must also be accounted for. The complex nature of the site and functionality, particularly in educational or hospital environments, means that a system has to be designed to offer guest access for Internet usage or limited network connections.
At Enables, IT we believe a well-designed wireless solution will add value by providing increased productivity, connectivity and collaboration between employees and customers. Perhaps more importantly, a solution that is to support your organisation now and into the future will require good management tools that will allow you to monitor environmental changes to your building, wireless security and any loss of service to your roaming users.
Developments in the last few years have seen the popularity of wireless systems soar. Offering high bandwidths, low install times and zero operating costs has meant many companies are now switching away from expensive leased lines.
Enables IT technical design teams can plan networks and calculate link availability prior to visiting site. Once on site we can perform link tests and establish the type of connection and data rates that can be achieved. Data rates of 7Mbps to 1Gbps are available within our portfolio of unlicensed and licensed Microwave and Laser products.
