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TESTER'S CHOICE
I've spent the past several months working with wireless LAN switches for an upcoming review. It might be a new area with players and technology still in flux, but even so our preliminary testing has uncovered several key issues. If you're considering a wireless switch rollout, here are a few pointers:
"Wireless switch" is an oxymoron. Don't expect these products to move traffic from one frequency to another. Most products consist of multiple wireless access points attached to a wired switch, where the actual switching occurs.
Where these devices differ from wired switches is in their additional smarts to deal with radio frequency issues and other aspects of WLAN traffic management.
Interference happens. Using a spectrum analyzer can be a sobering experience. Set...