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Mark,
I
looked into this just before Christmas. At that time the 2Mb stuff was
available, but now you can get 11Mbit cards for not much more. There do
seem to
be different cards for Europe, even though they both use 2.4GHz - I
may
bite the bullet and order a couple of the cards from the US, though I do
expect
the price to fall significantly this year. As "hot desking" becomes more
prevelant, I'd expect this stuff to become as common as DECT cordless
phones
Thanks Kwong. I have passed this on to my mate.
M.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 3:55
PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Wireless LAN
stuff?
Yes, we are using the WebGear Aviator 2.4GHz wireless LAN. Speed
is 2
Mbits, power 100mW. A bit slow but still much faster than our ISDN
connection. It comes as PCMCIA cards only. For desktop PCs, an ISA PCMCIA
slot card is available. A special offer of two PCMCIA cards and two ISA
slots cost around £200 including shipping and taxes. We have eight of them
for various PCs and laptops. It comes with a restricted Windows Proxy
program for up to two remote stations sharing a single PSTN/ISDN
line. Since we run Linux as one of the main servers, there is no
restriction on numbers. Up to 63 remote cards may be used.
The one problem with the card is that it interferes with the X-10 VS30E
Wireless Video Senders that we sell. So if you are watching DVD remotely
using the VS30E, don't switch on the WebGear.
Regards,
Kwong Li
li@xxxxxxx
Laser Business Systems Ltd.
http://www.laser.com
On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Mark McCall wrote:
> Anyone on this list using wireless LAN stuff yet?
>
> If so any advice on makes, models and prices.
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