I friend pointed out in his LJ that the wireless leads to a new problem-- you can no longer follow wires to find the router if it needs reseting. In an unfamiliar office, you could spend a good while looking for the WAP device.
The wireless functionality on my wireless router has died. Good thing I've got the three year warranty. Still. . .if it doesn't stay as reliable as wired stuff. . ..
I would still run wire. Gigabit is 20 faster than 802.11G, actually more like 50 times when you use real rates. Also, its more secure and as more appliances become wifi-ready, there's going to be more congestion.
Alright, I hear all your points but WiFi is still frickin' nice.
Also, for houses not wired inside the walls, wiring for Internet can look pretty bad.
Yeah.
802.11g might not be as fast as wiring, but for regular browsing it's pretty dang sufficient. I suppose for heavy file swapping it might be lacking.
I've had pretty decent luck with LinkSys wireless routers.
As far as I know, running encrypted networks is stil a P.i.t.A. I don't know why they can't just do something ala SSH...moderate encryption, no password needed.
There are also devices out there which have Cat5 connectors, but no cheap & easy way to connect a wireless adapter. And when building a house having them run a phone line to every room in the house is dirt cheap since it's a single loop, but Cat5 is more expensive since every cable normally goes back to a single point (i.e. basement wiring closet). With wireless you also run into all kinds of funky interference & signal fade issues (not to mention that guy with the dark glasses in the van outside).
What's P.i.t.A.?
As for the interference and such, remember the whole mess I had when I first got the LinkSys wireless router?
PitA = Pain in the...Butt.