[nycwireless] wifi use in france
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Recently saw a new use of wifi on uhf tv broadcast of chanel 2 from france. they seems to be testing wifi-enabled radar guns. The gendarmes hide in the bushes with their car with a wifi-enabled laptop and he positioned a wifi-enabled radar gun near the roadside. The idea being that motorists dont see a car so they dont know to slow down. Maybe coming to a city near you? - -K - -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System| go to counter.li.org and | | `-http://www.debian.org/ |be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |___ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed ___| -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGNZMhv8UcC1qRZVMRAjqvAKCXjkNv0ndkZg5tLiEQuNxGLVmzSwCeI+yh aezc0XQ0Amt9oIWY0Z/fUGU= =0eZk -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] MTA/Siemens vaporware ...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 09:19:19PM -0400, Jon Baer wrote: Saw this in the NYPost this morning ... I find it really hard to believe that between RFID, WiFi, WiMax, etc that no technology can tell me simply when the next train is arriving. The question is what the real problem is? Since Siemens has been in the rail business for a long time ... makes me wonder if there will ever be wide area signal coverage underground. http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/signal/siemens/ Hi Jon, the US has hugh military contractors, the FBI, CIA, silicon valley, ebay, YouTube, amazon.com and ... the worst cell phone standards, internet pentration, prices and speed, and ... cant locate busses and subway trains. Whereas norway and japan excel in cell phones, internet speed and pentration and locating busses and trains and dont have any of those hitech companies or a huge military that spends trillions. Exactly what accounts for our as status as #1 in everything? Got me? Kev - -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System| go to counter.li.org and | | `-http://www.debian.org/ |be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFOZtDv8UcC1qRZVMRAiNvAJ9y2Ys+hoJmT400Nh1GWmr6gj7BBQCghK5w N6YP6uMsq5kyn7Pec/FwjxQ= =sJLW -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] Chumby: wireless fuzzy thing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 05:25:02PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the but-can-I-hack-it-into-a-hotspot department: [http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/05/hands-on-with-the-chumby/] and from [http://www.chumby.com/] Introducing chumby, a compact device that can act like a clock radio, but is way more flexible and fun. It uses the wireless internet connection you already have to fetch cool stuff from the web: music, the latest news, box scores, animations, celebrity gossip...whatever you choose... Darn cute. Here are the specs: Hardware: * 266 MHz ARM controller (the MX21 by Freescale) * 32 MB SDRAM running at 133 MHz bus speed * 64 MB NAND FLASH ROM * 320×240 3.5#8243; TFT LCD with PWM-controlled LED backlighting (touchscreen) * Stereo 2W speakers * Headphone output * Ambient light sensor * Bend sensor (to pick up when you squeeze the chumby) * Two USB 2.0 ports, one on the main board and one on the outerware electronics * WiFi connectivity via a USB dongle plugged into the main board * Circuitry to detect the presence of wall adapter power and auto-fallback to backup battery power * Switching power supply network that can eat between 6V and 14V * Available microphone input on the chumbilical bus * Available SPI bus on the chumbilical bus * Serial debug port set to 115200 8N1 I dunno, is there any interest in having someone from this outfit come to a meeting to show us this thing? Hi Rob, I saw it mentioned and checked out the site and foocamp photos. Its the first product that was made to be hacked and that is waiting for folks to find out how to use it -- so that the creators can sell them ;-). They are waiting for the hacker community to give them enought feedback as to maybe find an actual use for it -- besides a hackable alarm clock. So, I guess i'd love to see it! cheers, Kev - -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System| go to counter.li.org and | | `-http://www.debian.org/ |be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE/j00v8UcC1qRZVMRApVbAJ9kCB+Nph+309TJ1/l03jAvjTEP1QCeNlue htKx+sbKoN5UtM/o05J/r+8= =Gtmi -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] Article: The right way to run a Wi-Fi cafe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 08:30:01PM -0400, Jon Baer wrote: 7. Good music It would be pretty nice to have something like the NYCWireless Cafe of the Month/Year or some type of award (or spotlight) that recognizes a coffee shop for it's excellence in making the WiFi junkie feel most @ home. Id personally nominate the Tea Lounge on Union in Brooklyn. - Jon Hi, How about a page to submit a review of a wifi spot? and then have it added to a zipcode-based search. Cheers, Kev - -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System| go to counter.li.org and | | `-http://www.debian.org/ |be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEZAItv8UcC1qRZVMRArdWAJ4o0+ENZIkPDOn0FdusPq4tNerLHACfT0xi UoWkhUrHW9UH/Yjkf+XIBO8= =gnAK -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] NYCwireless mailing list etiquette
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 09:16:30PM -0500, Dustin Goodwin wrote: There have been several heated exchanges on the list recently. As far as I am concerned, the rules of polite debate have been wildly violated. I am working on a list etiquette document that I will send out shortly. I hope we can raise the level of civil dialogue on the list. - Dustin - Hi Dustin, you are entitled to revise the rules as you see fit but the frequency of these 'wild violations' is something that does not represent a pattern of the vast majority of posters. And the recent heated exchanges have been very informative and I suspect will die down of their own accord. So, at least from my point of view, no rule change is in order. Cheers, Kev - -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System| go to counter.li.org and | | `-http://www.debian.org/ |be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEHpZtv8UcC1qRZVMRAqVjAJ4gtPI3A1J/eHK2TJmXuU+AuR+AdQCaAwFO 2hRpJDW7Cti8e0hM/OtZzMI= =bFL4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] New Yorker Article [was: Multichannel News -AnalystsQuestionBellInvestments]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 08:17:53PM -0500, Jim Henry wrote: Well spoken. I disagree with your goal, but you elucidate it well. I've said many times that I disagree with Whitacre's stated intentions as what will surely turn out to be a lousy business strategy. However, I agree with his (company's) right to operate their network as he sees fit. Jim much snipped Hi Jim, so you as an individual belived that under no circumstance a public company can become a common carrier? The Supreme Court seems do differ. Here is a quote from a Chief Justice(you can google for more info): Looking, then, to the common law, from whence came the right which the Constitiution protects, we find that when private property is affected with a public interest, it ceases to be juris privati only So your contension is that the infrastruture of the internet has no interest to the public? or to most businesses in the US? cheers, Kev - -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System| go to counter.li.org and | | `-http://www.debian.org/ |be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEGnSBv8UcC1qRZVMRAkgOAKCU4GjoMwLCDtrB2Sh5Rj55ko0QDwCfY0dJ Wo5EtOX4YEG6uNM/Dh2cpDM= =frfX -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] Fwd: Multichannel News - Analysts Question BellInvestments
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 12:26:19AM -0600, Frank Coluccio wrote: snip Remote and vitual management functions were perfected here, but they can be, and in actuality they are now being executed anywhere in the world where there is a suitable communications connection. Indian companies, btw, now constitute the single largest block of owners of submarine fiber optic cables in the world. Hi Frank, that great big fiber represent the large drain of money, jobs and technology being sucked out. at least they know to invest in fiber and to benefit from it. Cheers, Kev - -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System| go to counter.li.org and | | `-http://www.debian.org/ |be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEGRbov8UcC1qRZVMRAiDdAJ9K0O9269QkHw9m3DwjkgX8Rwz9RgCdH3m1 7KLAwZLbmj5SfjB/nffc5zo= =79f6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] a quote from a case by Mr. Chief Justice Waite
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 08:01:00PM -0500, Jim Henry wrote: Do you have a cite? tofu ok. I googled. It is: Munn v. Illinois 94 U. S. 133; 24 L. Ed. 77 (1877) Cheers, Kev - -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System| go to counter.li.org and | | `-http://www.debian.org/ |be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD5Gwvv8UcC1qRZVMRAgX/AJ4otP53xmz1Hov6R+1hrLgZh3Gq3gCZAZIo tOxF8elrv81m97y0IYd69ro= =uyDk -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] Verizon Fiber to the home - Terms of Service = awesomely bad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 12:04:25PM -0500, Dustin Goodwin wrote: The Verizon FIOS Terms of Service are really awesomely bad. Bravo Verizon! Hi Dustin, I would love it if someone with a video camera sat down with a Verizon rep and simply ask them to explain using examples WTF they do and do not allow and then ask about all those common, expected uses that people who bought their services expect to use it and then have them say how they are not allowed to do that and then for someone to get this on a bittorrent or even the local news. Cheers, Kev - -- counter.li.org #238656 -- goto counter.li.org and be counted! `$' $' $ $ _ ,d$$$g$ ,d$$$b. $,d$$$b`$' g$b $,d$$b ,$P' `$ ,$P' `Y$ $$' `$ $ ' `$ $$' `$ $$ $ $$g$ $ $ $ ,$P $ $$ `$g. ,$$ `$$._ _. $ _,g$P $ `$b. ,$$ $$ `Y$$P'$. `YP $$$P' ,$. `Y$$P'$ $. ,$. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDytK0v8UcC1qRZVMRAhe0AJ9ZJWJsvrNMFXXBaNUrYHt3C+umXgCfe9ya aC2F/4J0HMMHX28o9kHXPv0= =l1WV -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] Pebble on MIPS architecture
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 05:40:43PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Just a little question: does Pebble run on MIPS architecture ? I've googled about that and the only thing i've found was this link: http://www.bell-labs.com/project/pebble/ Is it the same project ? Hi, PEBBLE (at least the one I know of) is based on Debian and Debian runs on mips. But I dont know what special thing would be required to port PEBBLE to mips. Cheers, Kev - -- counter.li.org #238656 -- goto counter.li.org and be counted! `$' $' $ $ _ ,d$$$g$ ,d$$$b. $,d$$$b`$' g$b $,d$$b ,$P' `$ ,$P' `Y$ $$' `$ $ ' `$ $$' `$ $$ $ $$g$ $ $ $ ,$P $ $$ `$g. ,$$ `$$._ _. $ _,g$P $ `$b. ,$$ $$ `Y$$P'$. `YP $$$P' ,$. `Y$$P'$ $. ,$. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCsUPoRp+kG4Nu//URAnHwAJ0V0SkBvANuBYn8rcw9IAjMSxZVkACglobw 8Rvfqs6nb+5v4bpmTMd1y6w= =rL9c -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] help!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 12:48:59PM -0500, Schainbaum, Robert wrote: In the last week, everybody in my building has suddenly bought a wireless router. And I can't access my own, a WRT54G. Does anyone have a clue how I can remedy the problem? Robert -- Hi Robert, sounds like interference by the other access points. How many AP does your computer show? On what channels? Have you tried using an essid on your laptop and AP? - -Kev - -- counter.li.org #238656 -- goto counter.li.org and be counted! (__) (oo) /--\/ / ||| * /\---/\ ~~ ~~ Have you mooed today?... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBjQ+tAWAAuqdWA9cRAuXxAJ4uX7JDx5i7D6HKR6YZ11TOKKkKOwCfZDxb EXrtZVtB7P1KFKeGxIWMl5Q= =tjYJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] Apartment Buildings
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 10:00:14PM -0400, Ajai Khattri wrote: On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Jim Thompson wrote: Putting a larger omni antenna on your AP is sure to make the problem worse. Your neighbor's signals will be louder to the AP as well. I was planning to get a directional antenna that directs the cone of the signal down through the places where I usually sit and use the laptops. Ive been looking at the Buffalo stuff. Anybody have any recommendations? My only problem with this is that it might force neighbors to get antennas as well and Im back where I started. This is why I started looking at directional antennas so I can minimize stray signals from my AP. Its likely if you have your laptops configured to associate to any ESSID, then they are, in-fact picking the lowest channel were an AP of sufficient stregth is found. I know for a fact that the firmware in the Agere 11b chipset starts at ch1 during its scan. Other chipsets may be different. Ajai, does the situation improve if you get close to (in the same room as) your AP? Yes, my main laptop works fine closer to the AP but if I move into the bedroom the connection is erratic. In fact, Ive noticed that it seems to lose the connection if I stop typing for a minute, almost as if the NIC goes to sleep and so loses the AP signal... usually switching to another window and starting a ping to the router wakes it up again... Hi NYW folks, is the idea of puting some kind of signal barrier possible. Wifi can not penetrate certain material. If you put some special material on say a wall near the conflicting area, would that help to block the signal? Thus avoid the need to change your wifi setup? - -Kev - -- (__) (oo) /--\/ / ||| * /\---/\ ~~ ~~ Have you mooed today?... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBd1SWAWAAuqdWA9cRApc7AJ9SR9Y2/XSvuFh+17zcapYKZ5UYYACeJpWA JU9kmxdF6jY7iRYN4xpGLYY= =EiK9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] Un coucou de Paris à la grosse pomme sans fil !
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 05:35:24PM +0200, Jean-Francois Cassant wrote: C'est l'Apple Expo Paris avec l'annonce du nouvel iMac. Il n'est hlas, pas quip en standard wi fi et bluetooth ! Nous n'allons pas en faire un fromage ! Mais nous allons continuer faire avancer les choses sur notre site www.toiledequartier.org Bon courage ! Jean-Francois Cassant [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Hi wifi'ers, since I'm not 100% fluent, I used babelfish: [I'm at the] Apple Expo in Paris with [the announcement] of new the iMac. It [is] alas, not equipped [with] standard wi fi and bluetooth! We do not n'allons(?) to make a cheese of it! But we will continue to advance the things on our site www.toiledequartier.org [Keep up the good fight]! - -Kev - -- (__) (oo) /--\/ / ||| * /\---/\ ~~ ~~ Have you mooed today?... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBNNAPAWAAuqdWA9cRAor8AJ4vU8JxZhUtyZncboXpbiblnBuNBQCggoM8 1Yw8i8eoVVKsqZXSz9LL/34= =Bho9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] WifiNetNews: Airports Hit Brick Wall in Regulating Unlicensed Radio
On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 05:04:26PM -0400, Dustin wrote: This is great news and puts an end to the debate we have had many times as to whether or not a landlord could bar deployment of a wireless node. Does this mean that a commercial landlord cannot put a lease provision in reserving the right to control deployment of unlicensed wireless equipment? It seems for the most part landlords can stick whatever they want into a lease, especially a commercial lease. - Dustin - http://wifinetnews.com/archives/003937.html Airports Hit Brick Wall in Regulating Unlicensed Radio The FCC says landlords, associations cant regulate Part 15 use: The FCCs Office of Engineering and Technology says that the function of regulating and coordinating frequency use is reserved to the FCC itself. Its a clear refutation of mall owners, airports, and condominium associations to limit use of Wi-Fi and other wireless technologies. (Document as Word, PDF, Text.) Hi, I recall there was a debate a few years ago about tenents being able to put up DTV satilites. This was ok'd. So, I cant see why they wouldn't allow you to send/recieve dtv and not allow you to send/recieve wifi or for that matter broadcast tv or radio. -Kev -- (__) (oo) /--\/ / ||| * /\---/\ ~~ ~~ Have you mooed today?... -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] OT: RFID
- Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Subject: Re: [nycwireless] OT: RFID From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Administrivia: yes X-ELNK-AV: 0 The message's content type was not explicitly allowed From: Kevin Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [nycwireless] OT: RFID On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 02:24:46PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: Hi folks, I am intersted to learn more about RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) on open source about 1) It latest development both software and hardware 2) Its application 3) The impact on its widely applicaton 4) Sites actively discussing this topic Kindly advise. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu Hi Stephen, not sure if this is what you wanted to know but... most of the computer mags I get say its being adopted by walmart and the DOD for the sole purpose of tagging inventory and increasing the automation of the supply chain. Each of the aforementioned businesses wants a percentage of the their suppliers to be RFID equiped/compliant within a few years. This involved the use of passive RFID tags. There are demo kits available from the main suppliers for this technology. Due to the frequency needed for the tag activation/reception, the range need to read a passive RFID tag is very short -- less than 50 ft?. The main issues with its use is PRIVACY. One use of this is to tag prescription drug bottles. Imagine if someone could read data from the bottle as you walked by them on the street. There are already people developing signal blocker to allow 'better' privacy. -Kevin Mark -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] re:PB 3400 Orinoco Gold OT
Hi O, I'm not familar with that greeting. In what language is it? Just curious? -K PS look for accesspoint with the NYCWIRELESS ssid for better service. OO had this to say about [nycwireless] re:PB 3400 Orinoco Gold: She:kon akwekon, Greetings all, I got my Orinoco Gold finally and put it in my Powerbook 3400 running OS 8.6, I guess I have it all setup right as I got a signal today on 9th Street by the entrance to Prospect Park, not a Faboo signal but about 20 % of signal bar , no antenna connected to Gold Card. Also tried on 8th ave and 9th St but signal kept fading in and out , was listed as NAP01 , the signal by the park was listed simply as linksys. Alas my battery conked out and was unable to do anything. As soon as I booted iCab my system froze. Was able to run iCab on 8th Ave but signal was too unstable. I'm going to try tommorow again by the Park entrance. HOPEFULLY tommorow I'll get to connect to you folks ;-) -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
[nycwireless] warchalking?
the www.wi-fi.com folks want to make branded wifi ZONEs. But when folks advertise free hotspots with warchalking, its a no-no? -K -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] Re: nycwireless digest, Vol 1 #681 - 5 msgs
This may or may not be related to this. But I got an email from the nyc cloud mailing list that said that a messages I sent (about w98 ) was being held and the I got a second email that contained a virus. I sent no message and I use linux so w98 is of no concern to me. Thus a message with a forged email may have been sent. Maybe this happened to you? -Kev had this to say about [nycwireless] Re: nycwireless digest, Vol 1 #681 -...: I don't understand this list. Last year I found out that announcements of meetings of interest to NYC Wireless members were off limits so I stopped sending them (another member posted the announcement for the Eben Moglen talk on my behalf.) Based on what other people were posting I assumed that the following, which I recently posted, was perfectly acceptable. (excuse me if I am compounding the problem by reposting it) nycwireless digest, Vol 1 #681 - 5 msgs Message: 2 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 11:29:42 -0800 (PST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [nycwireless] orinoco silver antennas Does anybody know where one can get an antenna for an Orinoco silver card for less than $89+tax (Datavision price, the only place I have been able to find one). Alternatively, is there an alternative solution if ther signal is just a tiny bit too weak? ~ But apparently not. Someone on the list by the name of Nathaniel.E.Baker, not only decided that this was spam, but contacted my ISP to have me banned for being a spammer because of this message (the content of which was not sent to the ISP.) Fortunately, I use a small wonderful, Free Software friendly ISP (Eskimo North) and they know me and know that I would never send spam, so they contacted me to tell me about the complaint and there were no bad repercussions there. But since I run a GNU/Linux Free Software Beginners group (currently meeting at the IBM building the second Wednesday of each month) with a mailing list of several hundreds of people, if I have gotten on any spam lists anywhere unbeknownst to me due to this message, it could be devastating for GNUbies. Especially now, the next meeting is tomorrow and the mailing for this meeting went out right AFTER the spam complaint was made. I have gotten messages bouncing back that have never done so before. I just hope nothing else was done that could have the effect of preventing people who want to attend from recieving their announcements. If the message I sent is against any guidelines, please let me know what they are. I would also like to request of anybody who thinks a message constitutes spam when it has a valid non-forged From line and/or Return address to please contact that person before trying to have them dumped from their ISP and before taking any other similarly drastic actions. I am sorry for having to bring this up before the whole list, but I doubt that I will ever post here again and wanted to put in the request that any alleged spammer be told of the allegation first if inadvertently violating policy before drastic measures are taken in the future. I don't want this to happen to anybody else. I am sorry if my message in any way violated the policies of this list. -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] WHAT'S A GOOD WIRELESS CARD TO GET?
All cards are not created equally. Cisco is best because it has the hightest signal strength (100mw).second is the Orinoco (aka agere, and I think dell and others). The linksys and others have less (like 30mw ) . if you do google you may find this info. Most folks get orinoco becuase it is the best all around value ( best price, good signal, most expandable) at $50-80. The cisco is about $100-150. -K On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Zephyr wrote: Happy new year to all! I attempted to post my question to the list a while ago, but the list administrator wan't helpful at all, so I'll go ahead and ask you guys for advice, if you don't mind. Which card should I get? I bought a card made by SMC (never before heard of it) that supposedly goes up to 22 mbps and is capable of 256-bit encryption. I haven't opened the box yet, since I'm new to all this, but I'll prolly give it a try soon, unless I get some type of warning from you guys... I have a Dell 8200 laptop with XP. What other advice do you have for a newbie like me? I just want to enjoy getting online through wireless, since I heard about it when I was in San Francisco... Thanks in advance! Frank --- Ben Serebin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Guys and all, If you have a Linksys combo AP + router and your happy... then good. The original reason I recommended users to avoid them was they tended to have lower output power and lack of detachable antennas compared with other APs (WAP11, ORiNOCOs, Cisco 350 Rugged). Hence, the non-recommended status they got (notice past tense) by me. I'm a firm believer in the ability to add an antenna in case your apt/house is too large to get full coverage. This seems to have changed with version 2 of the Linksys BEFW11S4. Not sure if it has all the functionality of the WAP11, but not a big deal if it does not, since Linksys tends to add a fair amount of functionality in their firmware as time goes on. As per the output power... Linksys might (haven't seen posted specs on this) have realized this and fixed this problem, since Linksys created an amp (to address the low power output in version 1s). In any case, I'll still stick with my herd of RG-1000s by ORiNOCO = Agere = Avaya = WaveLAN = and now Proxim, -Ben - Original Message - From: James C.Y. Lin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Rosenstrauch [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [nycwireless] New to List/Mac-PC user in Bklyn Yeah... Why? I have a WAP11 for two years and 4 months ago I bought their combo device (Router + AP) and am very happy about the quality. Is there any potential damage or drawback I have not faced? James - Original Message - From: David Rosenstrauch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [nycwireless] New to List/Mac-PC user in Bklyn On Tuesday 31 December 2002 12:03 pm, Ben Serebin wrote: - Linksys has a few good products (WAP11 and WET11), I recommend you stay away from their combo devices though (router + AP). Just curious: why? Thanks, DR -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ = 1-646-643-7265 or 1-646-64-FRANK Take my Quiz on QuizYourFriends.com! PO Box 2005 New York, NY 10008-2005 http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/zephyrhawaii/lst?.dir=/Yahoo!+Photo+Album.view=l [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://profiles.yahoo.com/zephyrhawaii ICQ UIN 7251535 MSN Messenger nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo Messenger nick zephyrhawaii AOL Instant Messenger nick ZephyrNewYork __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
Re: [nycwireless] New to List/Mac-PC user in Bklyn
On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Stephen Hopkins wrote: snip Can I get all this junk on wireless? YES Is there a single card that will work with all these? The most popular card is the Orinoco silver (or gold) It goes by may names (agere,lucent,...) This should work will most. Do I need a PCI for the desktops ? Desktops can use usb or PCI adapters. PCI wiresless 'cards' are a pci-pcmcia adapter card and a pcmcia wifi card What about an antennae and card issues? The Orinoco is very popular because it is one of the few cards that has an 'easy' means of attaching an antenna. The folks from NYCWIRELESS sell or have access to the necessary cables and antennas. I've read the Apple card has a fractional range of another? But that other cards will require third party software. It is true that wifi cards are not equal in their recieving ability. The best and most expenseive is the Cisco ($150) the most popular and 2nd best is the orinico($60-80)[B I've read about cards that are faster 22 and 54 mb/s -? For the time being only the 802.11b is recommended. the new 802.11a (54 mb/s) has a shorter distance , is more expensive and not used as much. HTH Happy [new year|divali|kwannza|season] -Kevin -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
