802.11b

802.11b is an awesome wireless standard for LANs. It provides 2Mb to 11Mb
throughput and can cover distances as far as 300 meters (in open space). The
market is huge and will grow as the products mature and become reasonably
priced. There are 3 general markets:
1) Home networking. Create a LAN in your home without needing to run any
copper wiring through your house. This applies mostly to homes that are not
currently wired for ethernet lans, but I suspect it will continue to expand.
2) Corporate networking. For companies that do not want to constantly
add/move network drops as desks and realestate change. Mobility is becoming
important even in corporate environments.
3) Retail/Service. Imagine your waiter taking your order and inputing it
into the computer in real time while the kitchen sees the order immediately
on their display. Inventory management is another very good business to
target this technology.
We can talk for hours on this, but suffice to say, this is hot.
-Mister Safety


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