RE: Wireless LANs

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the input Mick, I already have a cable modem and a cable modem
router on the network, so the access point would be my preferred option,
only problem is the compaq one is 600 and I don't think there are any other
access points that have the 128bit encryption :/

DesG

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mick Furlong [mailto:dorsai@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 11 January 2001 21:17
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Wireless LANs
>
>
> Des
>
> The bridge is a better option if the price is comparable and if it
> works with the other kit, I can't recall the price (or even the name !
> Airport?) but I think the Apple wireless bridge is around the same
> price and there are plenty of pages on the web describing its use in
> non-apple (PC) based networks.
>
> If you eventually go to ethernet ADSL (I did read somewhere that BT
> are having second thoughts about USB ADSL) then with a bridge  you
> will have direct ADSL access for any wireless devices. So you won't
> need a PC with the PCI/PCMIA/Bridge Software  switched on all the time
> (anything with that many discrete things to go wrong really sucks with
> networking ). The only issue with doing this is firewalling but there
> are ways around this.
>
> Generally a good hardware solution will be better and more cost
> effective than any software solution for networking.
>
> Just my opinions but I hope it will help ;)
>
> Mick
>
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:28:35 -0000, you wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >> The standalone iPAQ is small and light - slightly larger than
> a Palm, but
> >> not much. With the PCCard sleeve it doubles in thickness is
about
> >> 70-80% in
> >> volume terms compared with a Pronto, and about the same
weight.
> >
> >That sounds fine to me, I had a picture in my head of something
about the
> >size of a paperback for some reason :)
> >
> > The BIG
> >> advantage is that it has Internet explorer built in, so
combined with a
> >> web-server the possibilities are endless. I don't have the
> kit, but I like
> >> Mark's idea of displaying video on there.
> >
> >Yep, definitely a killer app :) I really like the fact that compaq
are
> >supporting the port of linux for the ipaq, I like having a choice
:)
> >
> > There is a CF card in the works
> >> from Proxim, but as the CF sleeve doesn't have a battery,
sustained use
> >> could be a problem.
> >
> >The CF solution sounds ideal to me, as it will result in a much
> smaller and
> >lighter unit, the downside of lower bandwidth and reduced battery
life, I
> >reckon I can live with.
> >
> >Now, time to sell some kit and get an ipaq :)) Work can provide
> the WLAN kit
> >so its not too bad really. Now the only decision left is whether I
should
> >pay 135 for a pci WLAN plus 70 for the ad-hoc software, or just
> spend 200 on
> >a buffalo AP bridge, hmmm. The only compaq AP I have seen was
> 600 squids, so
> >that is out of the question. Did someone else mention other
> approx 200 quid
> >AP bridges?
> >
> >DesG
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