http://www.star-os.com Not only are they reliable, but they are extremely versatile, and very inexpensive. You can use an old PC. All my StarOS boxes are old 350 MHz Pentium IIs that I picked up for $100 each. By putting more radio cards (Orinoco or Prism) in a box, you can have multiple APs in the same machine. I have three APs in one of my StarOS boxes.
Craig Quoting Bobby Bounds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What is the url for their website????? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of George > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Getting Refunds > > > Yes Sam > You ought to try Star-Os AP's if you want an AP that never takes a > licking and doesn't stop ticking. > George > > > > Sam wrote: > > >Sometimes you have to cut bait. > > > >I wonder if SB will change the return policy given the ongoing failures > >and give refunds (in lieu of replacement equipment) for the broken product > >we all have? > > > >What I've learned in my almost one year now of working with SB equipment > >is that when it's good, it's really good, but when it's bad, it's worse > >than awful since not only does it cost time and money, but also > >frustration on the part of our customers. Their are too many choices for > >broadband in most communities to be putting up CPE for a customer then > >going home and praying that it doesn't fail. We need to know it's going to > >work. > > > >For what it's worth, we've been migrating to Teletronics EZ-Bridges. These > >are working great so far for the CPE equipment and cost less than ABOs. > >And they automatically reassociate if you change APs. We're still looking > >for alternatives for APs...if anyone has any experience with other > >equipment that can be used in place of an APPO please email me off-list > >with any suggestions. > > > >Getting back to my original question, if we were able to get cash refunds > >for the SB equipment that doesn't work (and not be forced to use the > >original packaging, which imo is a cop-out to shield the company from > >having to give cash refunds) we could use the cash to replace the faulty > >equipment with another vendor (temporarily) until SB gets everything > >working like it used to. (And please note that I'm not talking about > >losing association due to heat/Atmel/firmware). > > > >I really really really really want to continue to use SB equipemt. As I > >said when it works you can't beat it. But until all the bugs are worked > >out we'd like to use something that we don't install, literally, on a wing > >and a prayer. > > > >Sam > > > >On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Shawn Mitchell wrote: > > > > > > > >>too much money sunk into sb to start over... > >> > >> > > > > > >The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > >To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > smartBridges <yournickname> > >To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > smartBridges) > >Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > > > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges > <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
