[Web4lib] Wireless WAN

[Chadwick, John, DCA]

Have you thought about site-to-site VPN? That would give you a nice big
happy network at minimal added cost. This would be an option if all your
sites already have connectivity. We are doing VPN tunnels with our
remote offices with a great deal of success.

Our central IT group rolled out Gig radio to connect the main library
with the centralized group. This turned out to be a disaster.
Connectivity would drop during rain and snow storms as well as dust
storms. There were issues with MTU mismatches in the system. If you
choose to go with carrier class wireless it would be a good idea to lay
out expected performance and functionality standards and hold your
vendor accountable.

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John Chadwick, Ed.D.
Information Technology Manager
New Mexico State Library
1209 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87507
505-476-9740
505-476-9761 (FAX)
John.Chadwick at state.nm.us 
www.nmstatelibrary.org 

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of kevin smith
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:09 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Wireless WAN

Hello,

We have just had Sentinel Technologies, Inc. propose to us a wireless
WAN
setup.  We have had iffy results with wireless in the past.  These folks
swear that they are different, that they use "carrier class wireless
equipment." I was just wondering if any of you have had experience with:

1. A wireless WAN or

2. Sentinel Technologies

Any advice would be welcome.  As things stand now we have five locations
each with there own connection to the internet.  It is almost impossible
for
us to maintain a connection with Horizon, so two of our branches connect
via
Terminal Services.  One big network would be a wonderful thing, if it
worked.

Thanks,

Kevin

-- 
Kevin Smith
Assistant Director
Cass District Library AND
The Fiddling Librarian: http://ashkev.weblogs.us
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