[NTLUG:Discuss] Switch Question

[Stephen Davidson]

Jay Urish wrote:

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>> To make it more interesting, they also own another building across 
>> the parking lot.  How do you connect the two buildings together? 
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> Solution 1:
> Rent a ditch witch and lay fiber and use media changers on each side
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> Solution 2:
> Look around for the best deal on some Motorola Canopy backhaul units.
> You can get 10mb of data through the slow models..
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Solution 3:
Fixed Wireless.  Previous employer used an ifrared Laser Link on the
roof tops to hook two buildings across the street from each other
together.  One building had sales, admin & tech support, the other had
engineering.  Directional 802.11b would also work (range is measured in
miles, speed a couple of MB/sec, which according to your posting, is
adequate for your purposes).  Contact me off-list if you need some
names/etc.

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> They have
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>> not expanded operations into there yet, but I do not think it will be 
>> long before they do. The buildings are only about 100 feet apart in 
>> the back but the server is near the front of the main building, so it 
>> may be a 300-400 feet of wire from server to middle of the second 
>> building. Any ideas?
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>>
>> Kip
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Regards,
Steve

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