On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 23:39, Jon Hall wrote: > As to access points, I got an SMC, which has three wired ports, a parallel > printer port that works with both windows and Linux and allows them (and my > notebook working off a wireless LAN) to share a printer, and a WAN port for the > DSL modem. The unit uses a web browser to set it up, and has been working > flawlessly for several months now.
I was just looking at some SMC gear. They have a new 802.11b WAP/Firewall called the "Barricade Turbo" that does 22MBit/sec (if you have cards that will do it), and it has 256-bit WEP encryption. I might be able to use this to replace my Linux firewall so I can use that box for other things. I just don't know how robust these firewalls are (I do some pretty wierd stuff, like port redirection, forwarding, NAT, Masq, etc.). The product description is at http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?sec=Products&pg=Product-Details&prod=263&site=c > I bought a 900 MHz phone, which sits happily next to it. The phone is not > affected by either the wireless LAN nor the microwave. I don't have a cordless phone. Maybe I should join the 20th century, eh? > >And why did they go from b to g? What happened to c,d,e, and f?? > > Actually they went from "b" to "a" to "g".....and probably the same reason > that the Ford Model "T" car had a follow-on model that was the Model "A". Ahhh.... Marketing. Get people to buy it by confusing them to the point where they don't remember what they wanted or why ;-) C-Ya, Kenny -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Tact is just *not* saying true stuff" -- Cordelia Chase Kenneth E. Lussier Sr. Systems Administrator Zuken, USA PGP KeyID CB254DD0 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCB254DD0 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
