We have done a few wireless networks.. They overall tend to be simple, just
like installing a Network card. 'Cept, no wires!
Regards, Alan Lee
Ecom Computers Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Slug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 8:43 AM
Subject: [SLUG] Wireless Lan Update - hardware
> TRhis was on CatGeek for those slowly acculmulating parts for their
> wireless Lan.
>
> >iBook users, take note:
> >
> >If a geek comes up to you and offers to buy "that lame Airport thing you
> >don't use", tell them to buy their own iBook.
> >
> >In recent articles in both the Wall Street Journal [1] and Salon
> >Magazine [2], the sudden explosion of wireless ethernet is discussed in
> >some detail. In several cities across the world, homebrew hackers are
> >putting together city-wide internet WANs based on the newly-approved
> >802.11b ethernet standard which operates in the 2.4 GHz range. What is
> >surprising is that a lot of this homebrew information is coming from
> >Australia [3].
> >
> >These budding airwave jockeys are, for the most part, Windows and linux
> >tinkerers, even though Apple's iBook was one of the first computers with
> >basic wireless ethernet as a standard feature. The Airport system Apple
> >use is essentially technology licenced from research giant Lucent, who
> >offer it to all comers as well as making their own range of
> >Intel-flavoured and stand-alone products.
> >
> >For city-wide WANs, however, more power is needed to cover the greater
> >ranges required, and can still cost US$800 or so per user. What used to
> >be a large part of the cost of setting up a wireless connection was a
> >once-rare item called an "antenna connector" - now all they have to do
> >is gut an Airport-ready iBook or desktop G4 unit.
> >
> >If someone offers to buy _your_ Mac's antenna connector, politely refuse
> >and say that if there's a wireless WAN going up in your area, you want
> >to be a part of it.
> >
> >
> >[1] http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/01/wireless_ethernet
> > /index.html (re-flow so it's one line)
> >[2] http://public.wsj.com/sn/y/SB975000515459708837.html
> >[3] http://www.air.net.au/
>
>
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