On 7 Sep 2004, Kevin Lombardo wrote: > hello- > > i live in a rural area and have few options for broadband. i was > perusing through wireless options when i found a company call Alvarion > which produces a product line called Breezecom - i'm sure many people > on this list know of them. > > anyway, they advertise their products as utilizing OFDM and they claim > they can get ranges up to 31 miles in a Non-Line-Of-Sight environment. > > do these devices really work? can they really get 31 miles without > line-of-sight? OFDM is used for 802.11a,g and 802.16 (WiMax). WiMax reportedly can go long distances under NLOS conditions. 802.11b has gone over 31 miles in LOS conditions... YMMV... _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list