[svlug] Wireless?

[Karen Shaeffer]

On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 11:03:04PM -0700, Tin Le wrote:
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> It's tough at the moment to find "cheap" wireless solutions.  Unless you
> can talk one of the vendor to donate the equipment.  That's always
> a possibility.
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> Take a look at the following URL for a review of wireless LAN.  It does
> not reviewed all the products, but it does give a good start on what was
> available at the time of the article.  The 802.11b product theoretically
> can do up to 11Mb.
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> http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2470131,00.html
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> If I could afford it, I would go for the 802.11b gear, since there is a
> standard and it will interoperate with gears from other vendors.
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These are products that are limited to transmitting distances of a about
50 feet or less. The antennas have no directivity and they operate in the
unlicensed ISM bands, which restrict radiation power to <= 1mw.

The correct solution is a licensed band, directed wave, point-to-point
radio link--which would probably be priced out of the budget.

c,
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 Karen Shaeffer
 Neuralscape; Santa Cruz, Ca. 95060
 shaeffer at neuralscape.com  http://www.neuralscape.com