Wialan Technologies Inc (WLAN)

[retiredanalyst]

Cisco uses more access points so that the handheld devices using the WLAN have the transmit power to reach back to the access point. Totally different WLAN architectures. As I said, it makes no sense having a super powerful wifi access point, if the devices on the network can receive the wifi signal, put lack the power to transmit to the access point. You have to remember both radio's need to send and receive. The big wireless networking companies understand that it makes no sense having a powerful access point, if the connected devices wifi radio's are too far away to transmit back to the access point.