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WLAN services: Seven factors to consider when deploying and managing a WLAN

Larry Loeb
09.15.2006
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After convincing a client to deploy a WLAN, it is up to you to deliver what you've promised. There are seven basic factors you should consider when planning the design, deployment and management of a WLAN in order meet your client's expectations. Though the specifics will vary with each project, the basic process remains the same.

In short, WLAN creation shares many characteristics with deploying and managing a wir

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About the author
Larry Loeb has been online since the world revolved around {!decvax}. He's been in many of last century's dead tree magazines about computers, having been a Consulting Editor to the late, lamented BYTE magazine, among other things. You can reach him at larryloeb@larryloeb.com.

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