Dunno,
never really measured it because “it’s fast enough. I’ll
plug in the laptop
and transfer a few 10Meg files back and forth later, and time them with a
stopwatch. Once I have some results, I’ll post them. Isn’t it
interesting that
3 months ago no-one on this list has
wireless?
Tim.
-----Original
Message-----
From: Mark
McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 15 January 2001
19:14
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] A little
wireless
advice
Just
read this on review of Linksys AP....
"It
works great in the default Standard Mode. When I turned WEP (encryption) on
,
transfer rates dropped more than half. "
Have
you
noticed drop in performance with your encryption Tim?
M.
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From:
sentto-1109639-5680-979583357-mark=automatedhome.co.uk@xxxxxxx
[mailto:sentto-1109639-5680-979583357-mark=automatedhome.co.uk@xxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Timothy
Morris
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 6:16
PM
To:
ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject:
RE: [ukha_d] A little wireless advice
1.
Depends what you want Mark, but you are looking at around £100+VAT per card
whatever you buy – unless you go for the old 2Mbit standard.
I’m not sure that
in a domestic setting high levels of encryption are totally necessary
– unless
you have someone sitting 100 feet from your house in a van that has managed
to
establish your SSID (it is a key that you need to connect in a wireless
network) – so I would go for the low encryption standard (40 bit is
actually
the same as 64 bit – there is a 40 bit user key and a 24 bit system
key). Make
sure that you also buy kit that takes an external antenna – certainly
at the
server end. I would recommend the Compaq stuff – and I would be able
to send
you an extension lead – but I have no idea as to how long it will be
until my
connectors arrive.
2.
Yes, up to 255 in total – though net surfing may get a little slow
with that
many!
Tim.
-----Original
Message-----
From: Mark
McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 15 January 2001
17:51
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] A little
wireless
advice
Looks like a
wireless
LAN would be very nice if I do get an Epod. Few
questions.
1.Can anyone
advise
on a UK source for cards that will work with Epod and iPAQ (and that don't
cost the earth).
2.Can I run this
peer-peer setup (as hoc mode) with BOTH the iPAQ and a Epod getting their
connection from a single PC?
M.
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From:
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[mailto:sentto-1109639-5646-979565805-mark=automatedhome.co.uk@xxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Timothy
Morris
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 1:37
PM
To: Ukha_D@Egroups.
Com
Subject: [ukha_d] A
little wireless advice
It
seems that I will no longer be in the minority in running a wireless
network
at home. I went through the learning curve a couple of months ago, so
I’ll
share what I picked up to save you all going through
it.
1.
Access
Points are designed to be used in large facilities to increase network
coverage. Unless you live in a mansion there is no need for one in a
domestic
situation. You can easily use an Ad-hoc network and ICS on the PC you have
connected to the internet to achieve the same
thing
2.
If
you
have an existing wired network you can route between the wired and wireless
nets by splitting the 192.168.0.x network into two subnets by using the
mask
255.255.255.128. On the first subnet the network address is 192.168.0.0 and
the broadcast address is 192.168.0.127 with the remaining 126 addresses
available. The second subnet
will
have a network address of 192.168.0.128 and a broadcast address of
192.168.0.255. Windows will automatically set up the correct routing tables
for packets moving between the three networks. That is what makes TCP/IP so
flexible.
Hope
that helps. I forget sometimes, as this comes easy to me. I was setting up
TCP/IP networks in 1988 fresh out of
University.
Tim.