true, but that is something I would investigate... Linksys has an access point with an outdoor range of 500m for $200 ... that may be good enough to get where I'm at...
Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/06/2002 10:56:49 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: (bcc: Scott Raley/LPEC/ASD/SEMCORINC) Subject: RE: Wireless: was: RE:DSL True, but commonly that requires the user to set up the security and encryption. They are usually turned off by default. Given most users, I wouldn't be too surprised if that's rarely done. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Raley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:45 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Wireless: was: RE:DSL > > > the article states that the WiFi wireless does offer > encryption from the access > point to the card... although not fool proof it does offer a level of > protection... > > > > > > Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/06/2002 10:42:03 AM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: (bcc: Scott Raley/LPEC/ASD/SEMCORINC) > > Subject: RE: Wireless: was: RE:DSL > > > > Glad to help. Its an interesting concept, I am concerned > about the security > issues though. When cable modems were first starting up there > were security > concerns because of the cable nodes were considered to be on > the same local > network. A friend of mine tried it when he got a cable modem > and yes he was > able to check out some of his neighbour's files. The neighbour didn't > believe him until Ted game him printed copies of some of the > guy's very bad > poetry. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Scott Raley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:23 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Wireless: was: RE:DSL > > > > > > Thanks... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/06/2002 10:21:09 AM > > > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cc: (bcc: Scott Raley/LPEC/ASD/SEMCORINC) > > > > Subject: RE: Wireless: was: RE:DSL > > > > > > > > Scott, > > > > You may want to check out this article from the Washington > > Post about a week > > ago. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60405-2002Apr27.html > > > > To quote: > > -- > > Don Bailey's philosophy is that Internet access should be > fast, cheap, > > democratic and convenient. But in his town-house development > > near Sterling, > > none of that was true. After losing battles -- with Verizon > > Communications > > Inc. for a DSL line and Adelphia Communications Corp. for > > high-speed cable > > -- he decided to take his neighborhood's broadband matters > > into his own > > hands. > > > > In March, he custom-ordered a $499-a-month super-high-speed > > connection -- a > > T-1 line -- with enough capacity to service a large office > > building. ("I was > > going to get a race car this year, but instead I got a high-speed > > connection," he said.) > > > > Now, Bailey's like the enterprising kid with the lemonade > stand on the > > corner, except that what he's offering is a new wireless > > Internet service > > beaming from his house for $50 a month, so far to five of his > > neighbors. > > Word of mouth has brought four or five more neighbors to > > Bailey's virtual > > door seeking to get in on the fun. He even offers free access > > -- about 30 > > minutes of Web-surfing time -- to anyone able to pick up his > > wireless signal > > within 100 yards of his house. > > -- > > > > I'm starting to investigate costs right now, but at the next > > Home Owners > > Association meeting I'm going to make a similar proposal. I'd > > love the idea > > of a t-1 line straight to my house. > > > > However from what I understand, 802.11 has a relatively short > > range - much > > less than a mile. > > > > larry > > > > -- > > Larry C. Lyons > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > EBStor.com > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > http://www.pacel.com > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > -- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Scott Raley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:10 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Wireless: was: RE:DSL > > > > > > > > > Anyone worked with wireless Internet? I have a customer that > > > will let me hook > > > up a wireless point to their T1 so I can get internet from > > > my house ( I live 1 > > > mile away) but I didn't know what this would involve in > > > getting it hooked up... > > > Anyone out there dealt with this? There isn't anything > > > between us out of the > > > ordinary... few trees and homes.. thats about it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
