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"WLANA and its sponsor members would like to thank Enterasys, a Cabletron Systems Company, for the information provided in this paper."

Considering that the new Governor of NH is Craig Benson -- co-founder of Cabletron Systems (now Enterasys Networks), it'll be interesting to see which way he leans on this issue. I can see him jumping in either direction.....

I am an assistant network engineer at a large midwestern university. Currently, like you we're in the process of figuring out how to deploy wireless access points. Our campus's Engineering Computer Network let us borrow a mobile testing appratus that has a WAP and an Antenna on it (looks like a camera tripod). We take it to different parts of our residence halls and, with a laptop, we take SNR readings from different parts of the surrounding rooms and record our measurements on the building blueprints. We figure we need about 6 WAP's to sufficiently cover the lounge areas of the older dormitories (with their steel and concrete infrastructure), but for your sake 2 WAP's should sufficiently cover a medium-sized apartment building and more. We also plan to cover several large outdoor areas, a library, and our Union right off the bat. The equipment we are using is Enterasys Roamabouts ($1000 a pop), [link] and they are highly configurable and have a ton of management features. We figure each WAP will get connected to a switch port on the Cisco Catalysts in our buildings. So far, we haven't done much in terms of the deployment because it is a long process, where the Physical Facilities department has to do the actual installation of the equipment, data jacks, etc. I assume in your case you can better coordinate this without all the red tape. We figure that by the time these are all installed and our userbase is well-informed of the network, we will have a great system that will scale to thousands of students and staff in the future.
http://www.purdue.edu/ITaP/projects/wireless.shtml

i've been running a low-key brand AP, enterasys. they don't sell direct to the public, but if you can get your hands on one it would be well worth your while.

Signal Ground did a review of Enterasys Networks' Wireless LAN offerings. They are 802.11b compliant (11Mbs), offer Linux drivers and the sources, and well, you can read the article for yourself.

you still have to use a Mac to use the AirPort base station

If the AirPort is truely IEEE 802.11 compliant (as it claims), you should be able to use _any_ vendor's 802.11 compliant hardware with it. And other vendors support other hardware and operating systems.

For you Linux types: Enterasys' wireless offerings include linux drivers

you still have to use a Mac to use the AirPort base station

If the AirPort is truely IEEE 802.11 compliant (as it claims), you should be able to use _any_ vendor's 802.11 compliant hardware with it. And other vendors support other hardware and operating systems.

For you Linux types: Enterasys' wireless offerings include linux drivers

you still have to use a Mac to use the AirPort base station

If the AirPort is truely IEEE 802.11 compliant (as it claims), you should be able to use _any_ vendor's 802.11 compliant hardware with it. And other vendors support other hardware and operating systems.

For you Linux types: Enterasys' wireless offerings include linux drivers

Several companies produce fast wireless LAN solutions that--depending on distance--can provide higher performance at a lower-cost than running four cell phones concurrently.

Enterasys (part of the former cabletron) offers the DEC wireless network technology. I noticed they have a press release about the use of such a system in Australia on today's press release. Pacific Wireless rolls out Wireless IP

Several companies produce fast wireless LAN solutions that--depending on distance--can provide higher performance at a lower-cost than running four cell phones concurrently.

Enterasys (part of the former cabletron) offers the DEC wireless network technology. I noticed they have a press release about the use of such a system in Australia on today's press release. Pacific Wireless rolls out Wireless IP

This link will take you to the data sheet.

$3,600 for 11Mb/s over 3.5 miles. We were just going about 500 yards, but right through some power lines and over an aligator-infested canal.

I don't know about microwave, but RF is capable of going 3.5 miles at 11Mbps (in the 2.4GHz range). See here