Someone told me about a device made by Lucent that sends a laser between
building to establish a 1 GB "Wireless" connection. Now thats a connection!
Apparently the device is the size of one of those mini-cameras found on some
laptops.
Paul Borghese
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: a bit OT.. maybe :^)
> I actually did the WtWW thing once. I wanted to connect my in home LAN to
my
> next door neighbor's LAN, so I took a cable and threw it out the window.
He
> pulled it into his house and popped it in his hub. We meant to have the
link
> up only for a day or two, but we got about 4 feet of snow that night. The
> line stayed in place all winter long.
>
> It made for great fun - we had neighbor to neighbor hacking wars for
months.
> Not to mention the Quake server... Ahhh the good old days!
>
> Dale
> [=`)
>
>
> >From: "Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: a bit OT.. maybe :^)
> >Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 08:30:18 -0400
> >
> >whew.. tough crowd
> >
> >Actually I tried that .... the over head was to high with the the cost
of
> >feed and all.
> >
> >-Joe-
> >
> >
> >""Chuck Larrieu"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >002a01c001b0$2a7a3da0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:002a01c001b0$2a7a3da0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Ah gee whiz, Dale, maybe he and his friend are using RFC 1149 and 2549
> > > specified routing protocols. :->
> > >
> > > Chuck
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf
Of
> >Dale
> > > Holmes
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 6:28 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: a bit OT.. maybe :^)
> > >
> > > ANthese routers would be connected how? Through WTWW (Window to Window
> > > Wiring)? 2 soup cans and some string? Thin Air?
> > >
> > > The point is, there could be any number of things in the "atmosphere"
> >that
> > > would effectively filter out your broadcast crap (and his too...)
before
> >it
> > > got to its destination. With the limited info you have provided, it is
> >not
> > > very easy to tell...
> > >
> > > Dale
> > > [=`)
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Reply-To: "Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >Subject: a bit OT.. maybe :^)
> > > >Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 08:59:49 -0400
> > > >
> > > >1st Question - If I were to have a router here and a router in
someone
> > > >elses
> > > >house (dual ethernet of course) and added ip helper address to each
of
> >them
> > > >pointing to the other, would he see all my broadcasts... ie netbeui
...
> >ie
> > > >see each other in our net neighborhoods?
> > > >
> > > >2nd Question .. (the OT part) - can anyone point me in a direction on
> > > >finding some comprehensive "how to's" for setting up a VPN between
> > > >(NON-CISCO) my machine using a cable modem and a friends machine
using
> >a
> > > >DSL
> > > >modem... also, if it were done, would we see each other in our net
> > > >neighborhoods and be able to map each others drives?
> > > >
> > > >thanks for any help in this...
> > > >
> > > >-Joe-
> > > >
> > > >
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