We were not thrilled, however, about the AP's design: It arrived in our labs in pieces (assembly required) for the relatively steep $895 price.
The AP-2000's modular physical design beneath a white plastic shell is clearly derived from Lucent's original Orinoco APs, now under Proxim's name. The device has two PCMCIA slots that we populated with a stand-alone Orinoco Gold 802.11b client card and a Proxim 802.11a card with an integrated attached antenna; the retail box we received came with only the 11a radio. We had to use our own 11b card.
Proxim did not confirm whether an upgrade to future wireless standards would be an option for the AP-2000, but the PC Card design would appear to conveniently accommodate future radios.
Installation was a breeze; we plugged the AP-2000 into our network and it immediately picked up an IP address from our DHCP server. We were then able to get into the unit's Web-based management interface to set a static IP address.
Noticeable is the AP's lack of range for its 802.11b module. Our range testing was done without an external antenna, and our poor results prompted Proxim to ask us to test with an external antenna. We did so, but our results did not change dramatically. In contrast, the AP-2000's 802.11a range led the pack.
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