wireless within a building

[David Whelan]

The SMU School of Law Underwood Law Library (Dallas, TX) has a RadioLAN
wireless installation with 50 antennas circulating for student use.  The
network has 16 access points and was about $30K to implement (including
hardware and electrical), as opposed to estimates starting at $500K to get
the same coverage.  It's been very successful and gives 10 Mbps from any
seat in the library.  (http://www.radiolan.com).  I've recently left the
library but would be happy to discuss this further off-list.

I was involved in a presentation last year at ALA on wireless in libraries.
Our presentations are online at http://www.ofaolain.com/profdev/ala99 and
the Public Libraries Association http://www.pla.org did a tech review of a
broad number of wireless implementations in libraries this fall.  Jim
Barrentine is a consultant you might want to contact, as he is quite
familiar with wireless in libraries (whose e-mail address I can't find but
who I think is on this list).

Regards, David.
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