Archive for September, 2009

I’ve written several posts about the advantages of wireless bridges and how they can save your company tons of bucks. And as you might expect, during the first half of 2009 with the economy in the crapper, we’ve seen an increase of wireless bridge usage since most fiscally responsible companies are looking for ways to trim operating costs.

What amazes me still are the shear number of IT and network personnel who haven’t heard of wireless bridge connectivity or who have a misconception about what wireless bridges are. Many assume anything wireless falls into the 802.11 category and they don’t want anything to do with it. Others think of bureaucracy laden licensed wireless that seems to take forever to implement and costs a small fortune. If you fit into one of the above categories and are obviously reading this post, let me say, wireless bridges are none of the above. Advances in wireless technology have brought us high-speed Ethernet connectivity that’s very reasonably priced, secure, easy to deploy, and readily available. Read the rest of this entry »