Abstract

RDC Communications Ltd. Commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate their PortLAN PCMCIA Wireless LAN Adapter and compare it to products from AT&T, Proxim and Xircom.

The Tolly Group evaluated the products for performance in a typical office environment. Key aspects of the radio link, such as reliability and availability, were exercised and quantified. 

Results show that the RDC PortLAN provides, by far, the most robust and reliable network connectivity along with consistent and competitive performance.  In intra-office tests, the PortLAN maintained client/server connections even when construction elements (e.g., doors, plaster walls, concrete walls, etc) came between the user and the base station (access point). Other wireless products failed to establish a connection to the test server in many of these same environments.