13 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-mobileRe: wireless lan solutions | From | Sent On | Attachments |
|---|---|---|
| Guido van Rooij | Sep 19, 1998 2:34 pm | |
| Mike Smith | Sep 19, 1998 10:42 pm | |
| Warner Losh | Sep 20, 1998 12:02 pm | |
| spork | Sep 20, 1998 6:23 pm | |
| Warner Losh | Sep 20, 1998 8:00 pm | |
| Kenneth Ingham | Sep 21, 1998 8:25 am | |
| Warner Losh | Sep 21, 1998 1:11 pm | |
| Kenneth Ingham | Sep 21, 1998 2:26 pm | |
| spork | Sep 21, 1998 10:05 pm | |
| Warner Losh | Sep 21, 1998 10:16 pm | |
| Dirk-Willem van Gulik | Sep 22, 1998 12:23 am | |
| francis yeung | Sep 22, 1998 2:45 pm | |
| Warner Losh | Sep 22, 1998 3:48 pm |
| Subject: | Re: wireless lan solutions | |
|---|---|---|
| From: | spork (spo...@super-g.com) | |
| Date: | Sep 20, 1998 6:23:27 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-mobile | |
Might you have a URL for the product in question? Sounds really nice... I've been putting off dragging a line to the living room...
--- Charles Sprickman spo...@super-g.com
On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Warner Losh wrote:
In message <1998...@gvr.org> Guido van Rooij writes: : I am thinking of buying a wireless lan setup for my home. It will serve : 2-3 laptops at most. I am wondering if anyone can give me some suggestions : on prices/technology.
If you are willing to wait a little while for me to finish the driver that I'm working on for some older IBM gear, you can get wireless for $25-$30/end. That's the going price for the IBM LAN Entry cards. Drivers already available for Win95/98. The speed on these isn't great (like 150kbps), but for most things they are just what the doctor ordered. And some people have enven used them for point to point jumps of up to 14km with special antennas. They are rated at 50 users per net, but most people seem to think that they break down at closer to 15-20.
We have wavelan drivers in the kernel now, or in PAO, that are supported and do seem to work. Last time I checked on prices here, they were in the $500/end range. And I think you needed a base station as well.
Most "modern" mobile stuff starts in the $400/end range, with $1500+ hub.
Warner
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