I'd imagine IPSEC would solve that. I haven't looked at it, though.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: <lakel...@gbcx.net> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 12:48 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ideas on Police Department Wireless Link from StationtoCruiser > Be careful of the new federal encryption requirements for anything hooked > up to the National Crime Computers. > > A lot of states have new rules also when interfacing to the state DMV and > crime networks > > Just FYI > > -B- > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jayson Baker <jay...@spectrasurf.com> > Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:37:26 > To: WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ideas on Police Department Wireless Link from Station > to Cruiser > > We currently do this for a local PD. They have 13 of those ruggedized > Dell > laptops, mounted in all the cars. > We looked at 2.4GHz and 900MHz. Even though the town is only 5sqmi, we > decided to go with Verizon Aircards. > > Worked out well, because the laptops are tied directly into their CAD > system, which is tied into the whole state. > So now they could, theoretically, go anywhere in the state and be > dispatched > on a call, run plates/people through NCIC, etc. > > I believe that because of that, they actually got the state to pay for a > lot > of it. > > Sure, we don't make anything on the Verizon service, but we do on the > backend by tying their CAD into the Internet. > > Just something to keep in mind, if you have any sort of 3G service in that > area. > > Jayson > > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Robert West > <robert.w...@just-micro.com>wrote: > >> I got a call Friday afternoon from the police chief of a small little >> spot >> in the road asking about the possibility of connecting his cruisers to >> the >> station network via a wireless link. (He is the "Police Chief" but I >> suspect he is also the entire police force) He said that the local >> Wal-Mart >> has agreed to donate to him a few of those little Acer 7" screen laptops, >> which are a big piece of crap from the number of repairs we've had to do >> on >> them... Anyhow, he wants to be able to be in the cruiser and connect to >> the >> network back at the station and use the websites from the Attorney >> General's >> office where he can run plates, drivers license info and also fill out >> his >> reports. >> >> >> >> Here's the setup.. >> >> >> >> This Burg is a bit less than 2 miles long and about one and a half miles >> wide. The town hall is equivalent to a 4 story building and they also >> have >> a water tower that looks to be 100 foot tall. The terrain is flat as can >> be >> and they have the normal scattering of trees. The Town Hall and water >> tower >> are the tallest structures by far aside from a large grain elevator right >> outside of town. Boy wants to connect to his network anywhere in town >> from >> his cop-mobile as well as when he is at home, also within the town. >> >> >> >> We've done plenty of private networks but it's all been in the 2.4 and >> 5ghz >> band. He was thinking he could just throw up a 2.4ghz link and be good >> but >> I told him to hold on, I didn't think he could broadcast the Attorney >> Generals network to every antenna in town, I had to do some research. So >> this, because of my utterly blatant laziness, is my research. J >> >> >> >> Has anyone been down this path? What can we do and not do? >> >> >> >> I have a meeting with the guy next Wednesday and want to have some idea >> of >> what we're up against on this one. (Hopefully he doesn't recognize me as >> the guy who took him to court over a ticket he wrote for a crooked >> license >> plate... I won that one by the way) >> >> >> >> Thanks for any help! >> >> >> >> Robert West >> >> Just Micro Digital Services Inc. >> >> 740-335-7020 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! 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