On Monday 11 August 2003 10:43 am, Ben wrote: > On Sunday 10 August 2003 22:35, Nick Emans wrote: > > Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Sun, 2003-08-10 at 15:28, James Henry Maiewski wrote: > > >> Hello, > > >> > > >> This Sunday paper came with a flier of Amazon.com (is it just me, or > > >> does that seem weird? regardless, it seems to have worked on me). At > > >> any rate, in it are a few Linkskys wireless gizmos (I know I live > > >> under a rock, but I'd never heard of Linskys, what a cool name). > > >> Particularly intriguing to me was the WMA 11B wireless digital media > > >> adapter. it claims to be able to send all ones mp3 (read oggs) and > > >> pics to ones stereo and TV. It doesn't specify the usuall Windows > > >> XNTP2,000,000 baloney. Does thins mean that it is compatable with any > > >> PC with ML 9.1? The hardware database lists some Linskys stuff, but I > > >> don't know what they are. > > >> > > >> With an advance of thanks, > > >> Jim > > > > > >They've been around for a long time and have relatively good products. > > > > ..probably adding old news to this thread, coming late; but they are > > being acquired by Cisco as their low end/SOHO HUB/Router supplier, > > particulary in the wireless area > > Crisco did acquire Linksys a few months ago as part of their world > domination strategy. I'm not familiar with WMA 11B wireless digital media > adapter but Sony introduced their own WAT (wireless audio transfer) a few > months ago. It uses a 900 mhz transmitter to send to certain home audio > devices. Check out http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/3061 I am running a linksys cable router w/firewall and am well satisfied with it's capabilities. Easy to configure and forget. I still run firewalls on the individual computers (6) as insurance. But Linksys is or appears to be well made. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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